The murder of Galina Hutchins on the set of the film: Alec Baldwin will be charged again

Independent testing of the weapon used in the 2021 fatal shooting on the set of Rust shows that the gun had to be pulled to fire. This raises the possibility of repeated charges against actor Alec Baldwin. Writes about it CNN.

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"The shot is the result of a normal trigger pull from the fully cocked position," according to a report compiled by the Arizona Forensic Service.

The report was filed as part of a defense motion on behalf of the film's gunsmith Hannah Gutierrez-Reid, who is charged with forging the weapon used in the shooting as well as manslaughter.

Baldwin claimed to have pulled the trigger back as far as he could without cocking the hammer, and released it but did not pull it.

A shooting in October 2021 on a film set in New Mexico killed Ukrainian cinematographer Galina Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza. Officials said they were horrified by live ammunition fired from a pistol Baldwin held during rehearsals for the scene.

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According to their report, the new tests, conducted by experts in New Mexico, were carried out using a replacement "hammer, trigger, and bolt" rather than original pistol components. The weapon, broken during testing by the FBI and inoperable when it was received by the Forensic Service, was then returned to working order.

Manslaughter charges brought against Baldwin in January were dropped in April. Special prosecutors Kari Morrissey and Jason Lewis said the charges would be retried. A final decision has yet to be made, Morrissey said.

“The charges against Alec Baldwin were dismissed because the possible malfunction of the gun significantly affects the causal relationship in relation to Baldwin, but not in relation to Gutierrez. If the gun is found not to have malfunctioned, the charges against Baldwin will be reopened,” the prosecutor said in a June statement.

If a new charge is brought against Baldwin, the actor's defense team will likely focus on the structural integrity of the gun at the time of the shooting.

“Although Alec Baldwin has repeatedly denied pulling the trigger, given the tests, results and observations, the trigger should have been pulled or pulled sufficiently to release a fully cocked hammer,” the report said. “If the hammer were not fully retracted and would slip out from under the shooter’s thumb without pulling the trigger, the half-cock or quarter-cock notches in the hammer would prevent the firing pin from striking any round in the chamber.”

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“Based on examination of the spent cartridge case and the revolver restored to operational condition, this fatal incident resulted from the hammer being manually pulled back to its fully rearward and cocked position, followed at some point by the trigger being pulled,” the report noted. document. - The only conceivable alternative to the above would be if the trigger had already been pulled or held back while the hammer was pulled back to the full cock position. Although unlikely and completely contrary to the normal operation of these single action revolvers, such mishandling may result in a discharge.”

How and why live ammunition appeared on the set of the film, the investigators did not establish.

As ForumDaily wrote earlier:

• October 21, 2021 on the set of Rust (rust) Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin accidentally shot the cameraman and wounded the director. The Ukrainian woman was killed. Sources claim that she could have filmed her own death.
• Court records show that weapons were readily available gunsmith and film director's assistant. And judging Alec Baldwin is illogical. Although it was he who was under the gun because of the fact that he is famous.
• According to sources, the set was in complete chaos with weapons. Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the gunsmith on the set of the film, was the subject of numerous complaints while working as a gunsmith on her previous and first film, The Old Way.
• The police are checking information on Alec's phone Baldwin.
• In November, the head of the lighting team on the set of the western Rust, Sergey Svetnoy filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles (California) because of the shooting on the set.
• Alec Baldwin gave an interview in December for the first time since the death of cameraman Galina Hutchins, in which he stated that he did not pull the trigger of the revolver.
• The family of the murdered operator of the western "Rust" Galina Hutchins February 15 filed a wrongful death lawsuit against actor Alec Baldwin and film producers, citing cost-cutting measures as the cause of the tragedy. Relatives of the deceased accused Baldwin and others of reckless behavior.
• FBI forensics on Galina Hutchins murder assures gun could not fire on its own - Baldwin pulled the trigger though he denies it. Court blamed for the murder of Galina Hutchins exclusively on Alec Baldwin.
• Later it became known that Alec Baldwin reached an out-of-court settlement with relatives cinematographer Galina Hutchins.
• In turn, Baldwin filed a lawsuit against several people associated with the filming of the film "Rust".
• The prosecutor's office stated that file two counts of manslaughter against Baldwin: he was obliged to ensure that weapons and ammunition were properly checked; he should never have directed it at anyone.
• On February 10, New Mexico prosecutors filed a formal indictment against Baldwin for manslaughter. Now he faces another lawsuit. from the Hutchins family, this time from her parents Anatoly Androsovich and Olga Solovey, as well as sister Svetlana Zemko.
• Baldwin won a key legal battle, as a result of which the charge of extended use of firearms in the murder of Galina Hutchins was dropped. This has drastically reduced the potential prison term he faces.
• February 24 Alec Baldwin didn't show up for the first meeting trial for the murder of Galina Hutchins.
• Three crew members who worked on the set of "Rust" sued Alec Baldwin and film producers.
• In May with Alec Baldwin, as his lawyers said, dropped charges related to the death of cameraman Galina Hutchins on the set of his western Rust in New Mexico.
• Read the stories of the worst tragedies and accidents that occurred directly on the set in our material.

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