Actor Alec Baldwin is among four people likely to be charged in the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during the filming of Western Rust last October, the prosecutor in the Santa Fe office in New York said. Mexico.
The final police report on the shooting near Santa Fe is expected next month, when the actor could be prosecuted if criminal charges are warranted, prosecutor Mary Carmack-Altwies told the state finance board. .
In a letter to council, she said investigators are focusing on
“several people”
who handled the gun used by Alec Baldwin, during a rehearsal, accidentally killing Halyna Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza.
High profile case
“One of the possible defendants is well-known movie actor Alec Baldwin
,” she reported in an Aug. 30 letter asking for additional funding to pursue the high-profile case.
In the event of a trial, the magistrate, faced with
"well-paid and experienced defense lawyers"
, should swell the ranks of her team with a full-time prosecutor, a special investigator, a spokesperson dedicated to the media and experts.
Alec Baldwin has denied responsibility for the cinematographer's death, saying he thought he was holding a gun without ammunition and that the shot went off on its own.
A thesis contradicted by an FBI report which revealed last August that the Colt had no malfunction and that he could not have fired without the actor having pulled the trigger.
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In a press release, the actor's lawyer, Luke Nikas, called for reserve on a possible indictment of his client:
"I learned that the prosecutor had not yet examined the file and that no decision has been taken .
had been taken.
It is still too early to tell.”