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Rust trial prosecutors say Alec Baldwin violated ‘cardinal rules of firearm safety’
Actor charged with involuntary manslaughter over 2021 death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on film set
Almost three years after the fatal shooting on a New Mexico movie set, prosecutors began to lay out their case against Alec Baldwin in a packed Santa Fe courtroom, painting a picture of an unsafe workplace on a tight budget with a lead actor who violated the “cardinal rules of firearm safety”. As the trial got under way, the jury was shown footage of the chaotic aftermath of the shooting captured via a body camera worn by Nicholas Lefleur, a police officer who responded to the scene and the first witness to take the stand. Baldwin’s legal team had repeatedly attempted to get the charge against him dropped, and last month sought dismissal on grounds that prosecutors had allowed potentially “exculpatory evidence” to be destroyed in the FBI testing of the firearm before the defense could examine it.
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