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0:00 new tonight a grand jury has indicted 0:02 Alec Baldwin on an involuntary 0:04 manslaughter charge in the 2021 fatal 0:06 shooting on the set of the movie Russ 0:08 CBS 2's John Diaz live in our Newsroom 0:10
now with the latest developments John 0:12 yeah well Morris and Christine a grand 0:13 jury indicted the Alis actor this 0:15 afternoon after earlier this week 0:17 special prosecutors brought the case 0:19 before them in Santa Fe New Mexico but 0:21 it will be a criminal trial that will 0:23 determine if Baldwin should be convicted 0:26 years after a fatal shooting on set of 0:28 the western movie run 0:30 Alec Baldwin who was the lead actor and 0:32 co-producer is now facing new legal 0:35 problems a new analysis by experts in 0:37
ballistics on the gun used on set back 0:40 in 2021 determined the trigger had to 0:43 have been pulled or depressed 32 Santa 0:46 Fe one female shot in the chest Baldwin 0:48 admitted he was holding the gun but had 0:51 repeatedly denied pulling the trigger 0:53 saying he only pulled back the hammer 0:55 and then the gun went off the actions 0:58 led to the death of cinematographer 1:00 Helena Hutchin and wounded a director I 1:03 take the gun out slowly I turn I [ __ ] 1:05 the pistol bang it goes up she hits the 1:06 ground lawyers who represent Hutch's 1:08 parents said in part quote it is a 1:11 comfort to the family that in New Mexico 1:13 no one is above the law we support the 1:16 charges we spoke with a legal expert as 1:19 far as this rising to the level of a 1:21 crime on the part of Alec 1:23 Baldwin I don't think so we're told the 1:26 experts conducted this new analysis by 1:28 using forensic testing relied on 1:31 replacement parts that were used to 1:33 reassemble the gun Baldwin was holding 1:36 after parts of the gun were broken 1:38 during testing by the FBI in April 1:41 special prosecutors dismissed an 1:44 involuntary manslaughter charge against 1:46 Baldwin saying they were informed the 1:48 gun might have been modified before the 1:51
shooting and malfunctioned there's a lot 1:54 of Defense here where number one Alec 1:57 Baldwin was told that there was no live 2:00 ammunition in the gun or at the site and 2:04 earlier an FBI report said Firearms of 2:06 that design could go off without pulling 2:09 the trigger if force was applied to an 2:12 unlocked Hammer now lawyers for the rust 2:15 movies said that they do not plan on 2:16 making a comment and Baldwin's legal 2:18 team well they were just recently 2:20 responding saying quote we look forward 2:22 to our day in court live in The Newsroom 2:25 John Diaz CBS 2 News okay John thank you](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1b6091_8832f345c0df4e019ebc91d34cdb4537~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_276,h_201,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/Image-empty-state.png)
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