Attorney David Schwartz Talking About Alec Baldwin Being Indicted On Involuntary Manslaughter Charge In Rust Shooting ‪@CBSNewYork‬

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new tonight a grand jury has indicted
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Alec Baldwin on an involuntary
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manslaughter charge in the 2021 fatal
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shooting on the set of the movie Russ
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CBS 2's John Diaz live in our Newsroom
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now with the latest developments John
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yeah well Morris and Christine a grand
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jury indicted the Alis actor this
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afternoon after earlier this week
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special prosecutors brought the case
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before them in Santa Fe New Mexico but
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it will be a criminal trial that will
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determine if Baldwin should be convicted
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years after a fatal shooting on set of
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the western movie run
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Alec Baldwin who was the lead actor and
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co-producer is now facing new legal
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problems a new analysis by experts in
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ballistics on the gun used on set back
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in 2021 determined the trigger had to
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have been pulled or depressed 32 Santa
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Fe one female shot in the chest Baldwin
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admitted he was holding the gun but had
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repeatedly denied pulling the trigger
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saying he only pulled back the hammer
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and then the gun went off the actions
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led to the death of cinematographer
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Helena Hutchin and wounded a director I
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take the gun out slowly I turn I [ __ ]
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the pistol bang it goes up she hits the
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ground lawyers who represent Hutch's
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parents said in part quote it is a
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comfort to the family that in New Mexico
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no one is above the law we support the
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charges we spoke with a legal expert as
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far as this rising to the level of a
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crime on the part of Alec
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Baldwin I don't think so we're told the
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experts conducted this new analysis by
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using forensic testing relied on
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replacement parts that were used to
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reassemble the gun Baldwin was holding
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after parts of the gun were broken
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during testing by the FBI in April
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special prosecutors dismissed an
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involuntary manslaughter charge against
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Baldwin saying they were informed the
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gun might have been modified before the
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shooting and malfunctioned there's a lot
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of Defense here where number one Alec
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Baldwin was told that there was no live
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ammunition in the gun or at the site and
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earlier an FBI report said Firearms of
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that design could go off without pulling
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the trigger if force was applied to an
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unlocked Hammer now lawyers for the rust
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movies said that they do not plan on
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making a comment and Baldwin's legal
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team well they were just recently
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responding saying quote we look forward
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to our day in court live in The Newsroom
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John Diaz CBS 2 News okay John thank you