They formalized the involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin and he would be summoned to trial in a month

Actor

for the shooting that killed a cinematographer on the set of the western movie "Rust," Halyna Hutchins.

Baldwin was holding the Colt .45 revolver during production rehearsals in October 2021 when he fired himself, seriously injuring Hutchins, who died shortly thereafter.

New Mexico's first judicial district attorney, Mary Carmack-Altwies, announced in early January that there was enough evidence to file criminal charges against the American actor.

"Today we have taken another important step to guarantee justice for Halyna Hutchins," Carmack-Altwies said Tuesday, when he formalized the accusation that will take the actor to trial.

"In New Mexico, no one is above the law, and there will be justice," added the prosecutor, in line with what the family of the victim of the incident claimed.

Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was shot to death by Alec Baldwin.

AP Photo/Andrés Leighton, file

The person in charge of the film's weapons, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, was also accused for the same case and with the same cover.

The prosecution will ask the defendants to appear in court within a month.

Thus,

If convicted, both defendants could face

Aggravated by use of weapons

, according to the US legal framework.

Baldwin, 64, repeatedly claimed that the prop crew told him the gun was not loaded before handing it over and that he did not pull the trigger.

His lawyer, Luke Nikas, said he would challenge the accusation, calling it a "terrible miscarriage of law."

Gutierrez-Reed's lawyers said prosecutors

and reached "wrong conclusions."

"We will fight these charges and look forward to the jury finding Hannah not guilty," Jason Bowles and Todd Bullion said in a statement.

On the other hand, assistant director Dave Halls, who handed Baldwin the revolver on set and told him it was "cold" (movie slang for a safe weapon to use)

. of a deadly weapon.

Baldwin, one of the film's co-producers, and Gutierrez-Reed were charged with two alternate counts of manslaughter with

.

What the formalization of the accusation against Baldwin says

In the indictment, Carmack-Altwies listed a

lapses and claimed that Baldwin knew the protocol, having been in more than 40 movies involving firearms.

A procedure by which the gunsmith should have been present to verify that the weapon was safe and not trust the assistant director, David Halls, because "

to authorize the use of the revolver."

Actor Alec Baldwin will have to go to trial in a month.

Photo Erik Thomas / Reuters

In addition, the prosecutor stated that Baldwin

of half an hour on the use of firearms, but that he did not comply with it because "most of the time

with his family."

On the other hand, Baldwin, as producer of the film,

because "she lacked the necessary training and experience," according to the prosecutor.

Carmack-Altwies made the charges official after 15 months of speculation about the involvement in the event on the part of Baldwin, who activated a weapon that contained live ammunition,

s.

The prosecutor assured that there are "multiple

" that show him with his finger on the trigger and that he violated the first safety rule on filming: "Never point a firearm, loaded or not, at another person."

The investigation by the Santa Fe County (New Mexico, USA) sheriff's office has

to the filming set.

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