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Baldwin charges spur debate on responsibility for guns on set
New York Times, Published on 20/01/2023
» The prosecutors in New Mexico who made the decision to charge actor Alec Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the “Rust” movie set said Thursday that he bore responsibility for ensuring that the gun he was handed did not contain live rounds.
Actor Baldwin was rehearsing pointing gun at camera when it fired
New York Times, Published on 25/10/2021
» ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico: Alec Baldwin was rehearsing a scene that involved pointing a revolver “towards the camera lens” when the gun — which the crew had been told did not contain live rounds — suddenly went off and killed the cinematographer, according to the film’s director, who was quoted in an affidavit released Sunday night.