Prosecutors Drop Firearm Enhancement from Manslaughter Charge Against Alec Baldwin

Prosecutors in New Mexico have dropped a firearm enhancement from one of the manslaughter charges against actor and producer Alec Baldwin, officials announced Monday. Baldwin still faces two charges of involuntary manslaughter in the deadly shooting on the set of his Western film “Rust” in 2021.

With the firearm enhancement, Baldwin could have faced a mandatory five-year sentence if he was convicted in the death of the film’s cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins. Baldwin was holding a gun during a rehearsal when it discharged, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.

Baldwin has said he didn’t pull the gun’s trigger. Prosecutors said the weapon couldn’t fire without the trigger being pressed.

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