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Alec Baldwin’s lawyer challenges crime scene investigator in tense cross-examination

Actor on trial in New Mexico for involuntary manslaughter after shot from gun he was holding killed cinematographer

The jury in Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial on Wednesday viewed harrowing footage depicting the aftermath of the shooting on a New Mexico film set and medics’ desperate efforts to treat the cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. The scene at the Bonanza Creek Ranch where the actor and crew were filming the western Rust was captured via body-camera footage from a New Mexico sheriff’s deputy who responded to the incident and testified in court this week. Baldwin was focused on his job on set – acting – and the people who were supposed to ensure the safety of the weapon failed to do so, defense attorney Alex Spiro told the jury on Wednesday.

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