Alec Baldwin indicted by grand jury for fatal shooting on New Mexico film set
A grand jury has indicted actor Alec Baldwin in connection with the 2021 fatal shooting on the movie set Rust.
The grand jury in Santa Fe, New Mexico, indicted Baldwin on a charge of involuntary manslaughter on Friday, reviving the case against the actor.
The shooting took place in October 2021, during a rehearsal on the film set of Rust. Baldwin, the lead actor and a co-producer on the Western, was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins when the gun went off, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza.
Baldwin has said he pulled back the hammer, but not the trigger, and the gun fired.
Judges recently agreed to put on hold several civil lawsuits seeking compensation from Baldwin and producers, after prosecutors said they would present charges to a grand jury. Plaintiffs in those suits include members of the film crew.
Special prosecutors dismissed an involuntary manslaughter charge against Baldwin in April, saying they were informed the gun might have been modified before the shooting and malfunctioned. They later pivoted and began weighing whether to refile a charge against Baldwin after receiving a new analysis of the gun.
They brought the case before a grand jury in Santa Fe this week.
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