Alec Bladwin charged with "involuntary manslaughter" for fatal shooting during filming of the movie "Rust"

Alec Baldwin spoke to CNN about the incident on "Rust" 4:25

(CNN) --

Actor and producer Alec Baldwin was charged Thursday with "involuntary manslaughter" in the fatal shooting on the set of "Rust," the Santa Fe district attorney's office said.

“'Rust actor and producer Alec Baldwin and Hannah Gutierrez-Reed will each be charged with two counts of manslaughter in the death of Halyna Hutchins on the set of the 2021 film in Santa Fe County,” announced Mary Carmack-Altwies, New Mexico's First Judicial District Attorney this Thursday morning.

Baldwin was holding a gun in hand while rehearsing a scene for the film at New Mexico's Bonanza Creek Ranch in October 2021 when a shot was fired, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.

Since then, the episode has unleashed a whirlwind of allegations of negligence by those involved.

Baldwin maintains that he did not pull the trigger.

• Alec Baldwin says he thinks about the fatal shooting on the set of the movie 'Rust' every day

In the postmortem inquest summary into Hutchins' death, which was formally signed by New Mexico's chief medical investigator, the cause of death is listed as "gunshot wound to the chest" and the manner of death is listed as "accident."

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