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Too Little, Too Late: Alec Baldwin ‘Rust’ Manslaughter Case Won’t Be Reopened, Judge Orders
Dismissed in July, Alex Baldwin's manslaughter trial for the 2021 fatal Rust shooting won't be back in court anytime soon
concludes that the State does not raise any factual or legal arguments that would Justify the grant of a motion to reconsider,” wrote Judge Mary Marlow Sommer on October 24 of prosecution attempts to resurrect the trial that was tossed out on July 12 over evidence suppression. Hutchins was killed, and Rust director Joel Souza was injured, on October 21, 2021 after the Colt .45 Baldwin was pointing at the cinematographer fired off a live round during a rehearsal at the Bonanza Creek Ranch near Santa Fe, where the indie Western was filming. The bullets in question were dropped off to police in the spring by ex-Arizona cop Troy Teske, a close friend of still incarcerated Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed ‘s legendary gun coach Thall Reed.
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