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On October 21, 2021, Alec Baldwin drew an old -fashioned revolver for a close camera angle on the whole of Rust , a western film shot in Santa Fe, in New Mexico, when the unthinkable occurred: the weapon is gone, killing the director of photography of the film, Halyna Hutchins, and injuring its director, Joel Souza.

Now, more than a year later, the District Prosecutor's Office of the Santa Fe region announced that two people will be accused of manslaughter: Baldwin and the film's armor, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who charged tear. Here is what we know so far.

In a press release from the Santa Fe District Prosecutor, Mary Carmack-Altwies, the accusations against Baldwin and Gutierrez will be filed by the end of the month. They will each be charged with two involuntary homicide counts, although each person can only be condemned one of the two, manslaughter and manslaughter in the commission of a legal act, which includes an improvement in weapons fire.

According to the press release, the first deputy director of the film, David Halls, agreed to plead guilty to the accusation of the negligent use of a deadly weapon.

Prosecutors argue that Baldwin had a duty to make sure that the weapon and ammunition were properly verified and that he should never have pointed it to anyone. "You should not point a weapon on someone you are not ready to shoot," said Santa Fe District Prosecutor Mary Carmack-Altwies The New York Times . "This goes to basic safety standards."

In the state of new-mexic, involuntary involuntary is a crime in the fourth degree, bearing a maximum sentence of 18 months in prison. However, the second accusation with the improvement of firearms has a compulsory prison sentence of five years. According to Halls lawyer, Lisa Torraco, his advocacy agreement includes a sentence sentence and six months of probation.

Baldwin's lawyer Luke Nikas is due to the innocence of his client, reiterating that Baldwin did not know that there was a living ball in the pistol. "He relied on the professionals with whom he worked, who assured him that the weapon had no live tour," he said. "We are going to fight these charges and we will win."

"Despite the fact that he is an actor in list A, we treat everyone in the same way," said Carmack-Altwies in an interview, according to the The Wall Street newspaper . "We invoice as we see where the law has been raped and do not take anything else into account." AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"If one of these three people - Alec Baldwin, Hannah Gutierrez -Reed, or David Halls - had done their job, Halyna Hutchins is alive today," added Andrea Reeb, the special prosecutor assigned to the case .

Halyna Hutchins' family supports the charges deposited. "It is a comfort for the family that, in New Mexico, no one is above the law," said Brian Panish, family lawyer, in a statement.