Alec Baldwin and Hannah Gutierrez-Reed are charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
New Mexico First Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies and Rust Special Attorney Andrea Reeb said in a written statement.
Dave Halls, the assistant director, has pleaded guilty to charges of negligent use of a deadly weapon.
“If any of those three people – Alec Baldwin, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed or David Halls – had done his job, Halyna Hutchins would be alive today. It’s that simple,” said Andrea Reeb, the special prosecutor appointed by the prosecutor for the case.
“The evidence clearly shows a pattern of criminal disregard for security on the ‘Rust’ film set. There is no place in New Mexico for movie sets that don’t take seriously our state’s commitment to gun safety and public safety,” she added.
Both Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reed face up to 18 months in prison if convicted.
Baldwin is seen on October 21, 2021 after speaking to investigators about the fatal shooting
assistant director Dave Halls and gunsmith Hannah Gutierrez-Reed. He has pleaded guilty to a single charge of negligent use of a deadly weapon and she was charged with involuntary manslaughter
Baldwin, 64, accidentally shot and killed Halyna Hutchins on the set of the October 2021 Western film.
For the past 15 months, he has strongly denied responsibility for the accident and insisted he did not pull the trigger, although an FBI forensic analysis of the prop gun he used concluded he did.
Baldwin was sued by Halyna’s widower Matthew in 2022 but settled the lawsuit for an undisclosed sum.
He also made Matthew executive producer on the film, which will resume production in Los Angeles.
Prosecutors have defied criticism of the long delay in decision-making.
They said they were forced to wait for reports from both the FBI – which took 10 months – and the local Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office – which took a year.
There was no press conference today to announce the decision.
Instead, the prosecutor’s office issued a written statement to the media, which was also published online.
Along with Baldwin, several others were on the hook for charges.
They are Assistant Director Dave Halls, who presented Baldwin with the gun for the fatal scene, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, a young, “careless” gunsmith who was responsible for loading the guns and checking that the cartridges were blunt and not were sharp, and Seth Kenney, the most reclusive of the group, who owned the prop shop used by the production.
Halyna Hutchins was shot dead by actor Alec Baldwin on October 21, 2021
Halls has never spoken to the media, but he sued Baldwin last year and denied any responsibility.
Gutierrez-Reed has repeatedly denied responsibility in a series of statements from her attorney.
Kenney was the quietest and shied away from the wild publicity on the case.
But in his first police interview, he immediately blamed Gutierrez-Reed for the incident.
“She wanted to shoot live ammunition out of the guns, the guns from the TV movies. I said no f ——- way obviously. And then she confirmed.
“Below, right, you saw where she said I’m going to shoot her out of mine now,” he said, referring to messages between the two.
Seth Kenney, the prop shop owner who supplied live and dummy rounds for the set