Alec Baldwin His Colt .45 revolver would fire only when the trigger was pulled, according to a forensic report released Tuesday. Initially charged Baldwin Charged with involuntary manslaughter in the October 2021 death of cinematographer Halina Hutchins. However, the charges were dropped after the defense stated that the gun had been tampered with, raising questions about whether it was working properly at the time of the shooting. shooting
Baldwin He denied pulling the trigger. Hutchins, 42, was killed by a projectile on the set of the movie “the rustKari Morrissey and Jason Lewis, the special prosecutors on the case near Santa Fe, N.M., conducted a new forensic examination of the gun and are awaiting the results before deciding whether to refile charges. The report, conducted by Lucien and Michael Haug, was provided to them earlier this month and disclosed in a court filing on Tuesday.
Experts reconstructed the gun, which had been damaged during previous FBI tests, and concluded that it could have been fired simply by pulling the trigger.
“This fatality resulted from pulling the hammer fully retracted and manually retracting it to the cocked position, at some point, pulling or depressing the rear of the trigger,” the report concluded. “Although Alec Baldwin In view of the evidence, findings and observations reported herein, negating repeated trigger pulls, the trigger must have been pulled or depressed to release the fully cocked or retracted hammer from the evidence revolver.”
Prosecutors had previously made that claim Baldwin He will be charged again if the weapon works properly.
“If it is determined that the weapon was not defective, charges against Mr. Baldwin They will move forward,” they wrote in a June filing.
however, Baldwin He has not been charged again and it is unclear if he will. Morrissey said in an email Thursday afternoon that a formal announcement about the decision will be made.
“I hope this decision will be known soon,” he wrote.
The gunman in the film, Hannah Gutierrez Reed, is due to go on trial in December on charges of murder and evidence tampering. He maintained through his lawyers that Seth Kenny, an arms supplier, was responsible for mixing the original shells into a batch of replicas.
In addition to the deadly projectiles, five real projectiles are also found in the set. Forensic experts also tried to determine the source of the actual projectile. However, according to the report, they could only conclude that the bullets were different from others that investigators seized from Kenny weeks after the shooting.
The report also found that the set contained four different types of transcripts. Some make noises when shaken, indicating that they cannot be shot. Others had a hole in the side, others lacked a primer. The report determined that genuine shells could be distinguished from such replicas, either by shaking them or noting the lack of holes.
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Editor’s note: It’s very suspicious, I think he’s trying to play shoot or whatever, but surely an arrangement is made $$$ and nothing will happen.