Alec Baldwin indicted in the 2021 fatal ‘Rust’ shooting
Criminal defense attorney Mercedes Colwin reacts to reports of actor Alec Baldwin's indictment in New Mexico on two counts of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal ‘Rust’ movie set shooting.
Prosecutors charged Alec Baldwin again with involuntary manslaughter after he was indicted by a grand jury Friday in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of "Rust" in 2021, according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital.
Hutchins was shot and killed on the "Rust" set during the rehearsal of a scene after a gun Baldwin was holding discharged. Baldwin was charged with involuntary manslaughter, negligent use of a firearm, or, in the alternative, involuntary manslaughter without due caution or circumspection.
"We look forward to our day in court," Baldwin's lawyers, Alex Spiro and Luke Nikas, told Fox News Digital Friday.
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Alec Baldwin was charged again with involuntary manslaughter Friday in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. (Jim Spellman)
Fox News Digital has reached out to prosecutors for further comment.
"Our clients have always sought the truth about what happened on the day that Halyna Hutchins was tragically shot and killed on October 21, 2021," the Hutchins family lawyer, Gloria Allred, told Fox News Digital. "They continue to seek the truth in our civil lawsuit for them and they also would like there to be accountability in the criminal justice system."
"The grand jury has decided that there is sufficient evidence to indict Alec Baldwin on the charge of involuntary manslaughter," the statement continued. "We are looking forward to the criminal trial which will determine if he should be convicted for the untimely death of Halyna, who was the daughter of our clients Olga Solovey and Anatolii Androsovych, the sister of Svetlana Zemko, and the co-worker of our client, Mamie Mitchell."
Hilaria Baldwin exits her New York City apartment building on Friday, January 19. (Dario Alequin for Fox News Digital)
Baldwin's wife Hilaria was spotted exiting their New York City apartment alone hours after the new indictment was announced.
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Baldwin was originally charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter Jan. 31, and the charges were later dropped in April.
At the time, the prosecution claimed "new facts" had been revealed that require further investigation. In their motion to dismiss, the special prosecutors noted the inquiry and forensic analysis required could be completed before the start of Baldwin's scheduled preliminary hearing.
Special prosecutors revealed they would ask a grand jury to decide if Baldwin should face criminal charges for a second time in October, nearly two years after Hutchins' death.
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Alec Baldwin's initial involuntary manslaughter charges were dropped in April. (Santa Fe County Sheriff's Department)
"After extensive investigation over the past several months, additional facts have come to light that we believe show Mr. Baldwin has criminal culpability in the death of Halyna Hutchins and the shooting of Joel Souza," special prosecutors Kari Morrissey and Jason Lewis said in a statement last month.
"We believe the appropriate course of action is to permit a panel of New Mexico citizens to determine from here whether Mr. Baldwin should be held over for criminal trial."
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Baldwin has maintained that he did not pull the trigger of the gun Oct. 21, 2021.
"The trigger wasn’t pulled. I didn’t pull the trigger," Baldwin told George Stephanopoulos in an interview shortly after the fatal shooting.
"No, no, no, no, I would never point a gun at anyone and pull the trigger. Never."
However, the FBI conducted an accidental discharge test and determined the gun used in the fatal shooting of Hutchins "could not be made to fire without a pull of the trigger," ABC News reported.
Halyna Hutchins died on the set of "Rust" in October 2021. (Panish Shea Boyle Ravipudi LLP)
During the legal back-and-forth, new footage — obtained by NBC News — emerged showing Baldwin firing a prop gun on the film set.
Baldwin can be heard telling crew members to move out of the path of the gun in the video, obtained and published Nov. 16 by NBC News. The footage was reportedly taken some time before Hutchins was fatally shot Oct. 21, 2021.
"Now wait a second. I'm going to shoot right," Baldwin said. "Do you mind going to the other side of the camera? I don't want to shoot toward you."
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At another point, Baldwin seems concerned for the safety of whoever is behind the camera, saying, "I don't know why you're going up hills and all this other – you're going to break your f---ing neck." Later in the clip, a woman can be heard saying, "Everyone doesn't need to be right here in the path of the gun. Could you please move?"
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