Rust Shooting

Famed director Quentin Tarantino said Alec Baldwin is “10% responsible” for the shooting on the “Rust” movie set that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in 2021. 

A special prosecutor is opposing a request by a former movie armorer that she be released from prison while seeking a new trial and appeal of her involuntary manslaughter conviction in a 2021 shooting on the set of the film “Rust.”

A movie armorer has asked a judge to dismiss her involuntary manslaughter conviction or offer her a new trial in the shooting death of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin.

The case against Alec Baldwin centered on how bullets were handled at the beginning and at the end.

An attorney for Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the armorer on the set of the film “Rust,” says he plans to file a motion early next week to have her case dismissed, citing misconduct by the prosecution that prompted the judge in the trial of Alec Baldwin to toss out his case.

Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer sent the jury home for the day and told them to return Monday after a hearing on the issue raised more questions and prompted her to call for further testimony outside the presence of jurors.

Actor Alec Baldwin is standing trial for involuntary manslaughter after pointing and firing a gun on a movie set, killing the film’s cinematographer. Here’s what you need to know.

Special prosecutor Erlinda Ocampo Johnson repeatedly referred to Baldwin playing “make-believe” with a revolver on the set of the film “Rust.”

July 10 was Day 1 in Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial for the 2021 “Rust” shooting. As opening statements got underway, his family was there to support him, including his wife Hilaria Baldwin. Access Hollywood breaks down what went down in court on the first day of proceedings.

A defense attorney says that Alec Baldwin’s shooting of a cinematographer was “an unspeakable tragedy,” but that he “committed no crime, he was an actor, acting.” Baldwin’s attorney Alex Spiro gave the opening statement Wednesday at his involuntary manslaughter trial in New Mexico.

Alec Baldwin’s trial in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer is about to begin.

A New Mexico judge has decided that actor Alec Baldwin’s role as co-producer isn’t relevant to the involuntary manslaughter trial over a fatal shooting on the set of the Western film “Rust.” The actor has appeared in court Monday for a pretrial hearing over a single charge of involuntary manslaughter in the death of a cinematographer. Halyna Hutchins was killed...

A court ruling on Friday put an involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin on track for trial in early July as a judge denied a request to dismiss the case on complaints that key evidence was damaged by the FBI during forensic testing.

A New Mexico judge plans to rule on a request to dismiss the sole charge against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer over concerns the FBI damaged the relevant firearm during forensic testing before defense attorneys could examine it.

Defense attorneys for Alec Baldwin are seeking to scuttle an involuntary manslaughter trial against the actor-producer in the fatal movie-set shooting of a cinematographer.

The family’s lawyers filed court papers on Monday asking that the entire complaint be dismissed “without prejudice,” meaning it can be refiled later. No explanation was given for the decision.

The parents and sister of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer killed when a prop gun wielded by Alec Baldwin discharged on the “Rust” movie set in New Mexico in 2021, have dropped their lawsuit
against multiple defendants, including the actor.

Rust’ armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison after being found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

Alec Baldwin lost control of his emotions on set, put others in danger and also changed his story in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of a movie in New Mexico in 2021, according to new court documents filed by prosecutors.

A movie-ammunition supplier has testified at trial that he provided only inert dummy rounds without gunpowder to the Western movie “Rust,” where actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer during a 2021 rehearsal.