Alec Baldwin Fired A Prop Gun On Set That Killed The Cinematographer & Critically Injured Director.

[MenacingMonk]

Did the props handler get a charge? If not, They should be charged for some shyt too.

 

[King]

Ehhh you’re talking about an actor whose job is mainly just to literally show up on set and perform. Those type of things technically aren’t in their job description. Before you bring up him being a producer, that’s in name only.

No. He was the egomaniacal producer bossing everyone around, staying in plush hotels while having the rest of the crew sleep in RVs 30+ miles away in 110 degree heat. Having them work on low sleep, for long hours with low pay.

He created the unstable horrible working conditions that led to this.

Don’t let him off the hook. Actually read into the details and what the crew had to say.

Hate when people cape for these rich white egotistical fukks.

 

[ShaDynasty]

I really don't know what to think. Glad I'm not on the jury, sounds like a huge pain in the ass trying to figure this shyt out.

 

[TheDarceKnight]

Did the props handler get a charge? If not, They should be charged for some shyt too.

Yep, they got charged as well.

I don't think Alec would've got charged if he wasn't a producer on the film, but by doing so he's taking on a greater responsibility for the on-set conditions of the shoot.

 

[TheDarceKnight]

No. He was the egomaniacal producer bossing everyone around, staying in plush hotels while having the rest of the crew sleep in RVs 30+ miles away in 110 degree heat. Having them work on low sleep, for long hours with low pay.

He created the unstable horrible working conditions that led to this.

Don’t let him off the hook. Actually read into the details and what the crew had to say.

Hate when people cape for these rich white egotistical fukks.

100% all this.

He also handled this all so poorly and lied about way too much shyt. He came across as cold and uncaring, and blaming everyone but himself. And he lied and said he didn't pull the trigger. He threw other people under the bus, and tried to make himself seem like the victim.

He definitely brought a lot of this on himself.

 

[re'up]

I don't remember the specifics, but that interview he did in December 2021 was bad, lol, he seemed very out of touch.

I can imagine this being a nightmare to try in court. He has the vast vast resources to drag this out for years and years.

 

[sjankis630]

This is going to be interesting to see what happens. I thought I read that the assistant director - the one who handed Baldwin the gun - was "cooperating" with the prosecution.

 

[Deltron]

This is going to be interesting to see what happens. I thought I read that the assistant director - the one who handed Baldwin the gun - was "cooperating" with the prosecution.

He is. He copped a plea deal

 

[3rdWorld]

'Rust' will continue production with Alec Baldwin in lead role following his involuntary manslaughter charges​

Tracy Wright
Mon, January 23, 2023 at 4:56 AM GMT+2·3 min read




Alec Baldwin will return for the lead role in the "Rust" film production despite double involuntary manslaughter charges filed by the New Mexico First Judicial District Attorney Thursday.

Melina Spadone, attorney for Rust Movie Productions, LLC, confirmed to Fox News Digital that the movie is "on track to be completed with Mr. Baldwin in the lead role and Joel Souza as director."
Halyna Hutchins was killed on the New Mexico set of the Western film, and Souza was wounded by a bullet when live ammunition was accidentally loaded into a weapon fired by Baldwin while rehearsing a scene in a church on Oct. 21, 2021. The actor has since denied he pulled the trigger of the gun that killed Hutchins.

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who served as the armorer on the film, was also charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter.

ALEC BALDWIN HIT WITH INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER IN DEATH OF HALYNA HUTCHINS, FACING UP TO 18 MONTHS IN PRISON

Alec Baldwin will return to "Rust" production in lead role after criminal charges for cinematographer's death.
Spadone also confirmed that the project will include "on-set safety supervisors and union crew members, and will bar any use of working weapons or any ammunition."

Live ammunition was reportedly prohibited from the "Rust" movie set. The Motion Picture Association has actively campaigned for updated firearm safety requirements.

MICKEY ROURKE DECLARES ‘NO WAY IN HELL’ ALEC BALDWIN SHOULD BE CHARGED IN FATAL ‘RUST’ SHOOTING

If Baldwin is convicted, he could face up to 18 months in prison.
Baldwin's attorney called the charges a "terrible miscarriage of justice" in a statement provided to Fox News Digital.

Alec Baldwin shown on the "Rust" movie set in this crime scene photo.

"This decision distorts Halyna Hutchins’ tragic death and represents a terrible miscarriage of justice," Luke Nikas of Quinn Emanuel said. "Mr. Baldwin had no reason to believe there was a live bullet in the gun – or anywhere on the movie set. He relied on the professionals with whom he worked, who assured him the gun did not have live rounds. We will fight these charges, and we will win."
Hutchins' family thanked the sheriff's office and the DA after the charges were announced.


"We want to thank the Santa Fe Sheriff and the District Attorney for concluding their thorough investigation and determining that charges for involuntary manslaughter are warranted for the killing of Halyna Hutchins with conscious disregard for human life," said a statement issued on behalf of the Hutchins family via attorney Brian J. Panish, founding partner of Panish Shea Boyle Ravipudi LLP.

Halyna Hutchins was a rising star in the cinematography world.

"Our independent investigation also supports charges are warranted. It is a comfort to the family that, in New Mexico, no one is above the law. We support the charges, will fully cooperate with this prosecution, and fervently hope the justice system works to protect the public and hold accountable those who break the law."

While "Rust" will resume production in 2023, crews will not return to New Mexico.
In October, Spadone confirmed to Fox News Digital that the production was "considering other locations, including in California, but no decisions have been made."

 

[NYChase718]

64 years old smh if he goes down hes in there untik hes in his 80s if hes still around smh

 

[lamont614]

64 years old smh if he goes down hes in there untik hes in his 80s if hes still around smh

18 months not years bruh

 

[David_TheMan]

Somebody load the gun or switch the gun from the pop gun, same case with Brandon Lee he was murdered, and so was this woman

bullets don't accidently get loaded in guns

No.
Brandon lee had a squib stuck in the barrel, when they put the black in, the black pushed the squib out and struck brandon lee.
That is different than this situation where they had live rounds on the set.

 

[Luke Cage]

while he does have some what of a point that the armorer did a shyt job and she should have checked too,

Gun safety 101 (which he should know himself) is that he check if the gun is live.

he can't solely rely on the armorer and director...he needs to take accountability

The problem with this is, the gun was supposed to look like its live, and he was supposed to point it an unsafe direction as requested by the director.
Gun safety 101 wouldn't really prevent this scenario. If you can't trust the armorer to separate live rounds from dummy rounds, the only way to safely determine which is which with certainly would be for baldwin to manually do an ammo count and inspect each indivdual bullet use in the entire production.
perhaps even test fire some at a range. a movie production probably uses tens of thousands of dummy rounds. Obviously he's going to have to rely on the armorer to handle that.

typical Gun safety doesn't go into that much depth anyway, at ccw class for example, you just remove the mag or cylinder, look to see if is loaded or not. but they wanted to gun to be loaded so..

 

[TheDarceKnight]

The problem with this is, the gun was supposed to look like its live, and he was supposed to point it an unsafe direction as requested by the director.
Gun safety 101 wouldn't really prevent this scenario. If you can't trust the armorer to separate live rounds from dummy rounds, the only way to safely determine which is which with certainly would be for baldwin to manually do an ammo count and inspect each indivdual bullet use in the entire production.
perhaps even test fire some at a range. a movie production probably uses tens of thousands of dummy rounds. Obviously he's going to have to rely on the armorer to handle that.

typical Gun safety doesn't go into that much depth anyway, at ccw class for example, you just remove the mag or cylinder, look to see if is loaded or not. but they wanted to gun to be loaded so..

He pointed the gun at a person and pulled the trigger. That violates at least 3 of the 4 rules of gun safety.

It was a mistake and I don't want to see him go to prison, but I hate how he's tried to duck and dodge any blame at every step since all of this happened. He pointed a gun at someone that wasn't even on screen and then he pulled the trigger, and he did all of that without knowing the status of his weapon.

He's not a cold blooded killer, but what he did was negligent for sure.

 

[Luke Cage]

He pointed the gun at a person and pulled the trigger. That violates at least 3 of the 4 rules of gun safety.

he was supposed to. they were filming a scene where he points a gun at someone a pulls the trigger. The director is on record saying he instructed him to do that. You never once seen a film where an actor pointed a gun at someone?
you're saying denzel is violating gun safety in this scene?

i mean i guess technically you're correct, but its his job to be unsafe in that context.
like saying a cop is violating gun safety by pointing his gun at a criminal. context matters