Alec Baldwin was again charged with murder for the death on the set of the film “Rust”.

A grand jury indicted Alec Baldwin this Friday with a charge of involuntary manslaughter A fatal shot in 2021 During a rehearsal on a film set in New Mexico, revived a dormant case against the actor.

Special prosecutors brought the case to a grand jury in Santa Fe this week, months after receiving a new analysis of the gun that was used.

Baldwin, lead actor and co-producer of the film rust He was pointing a gun at the cinematographer Halyna Hutchins It was during a rehearsal for filming when a bullet was fired and hit him in the chest. The 42-year-old woman died before reaching the hospital.

Baldwin has said that He pulled the hammer, but not the trigger, and the gun went off.

Judges recently agreed to stay several civil suits seeking compensation from Baldwin and his producers. rust Prosecutors said they would present the charges to a grand jury. The plaintiffs in those complaints included members of the film crew.

Special prosecutors dismissed the manslaughter charge against Baldwin in April, saying they had been informed that the gun might have been tampered with and malfunctioned before the shooting. They later made a U-turn and began weighing the possibility of re-filing charges against Baldwin A new analysis of the weapon.

After parts of the gun broke during testing by the FBI, analysis by ballistics and forensic testing experts relied on spare parts to reassemble the gun that Baldwin fired. The report examined the gun and the marks left on the spent cartridge to make that conclusion The trigger must be pulled or pressed.

The analysis was conducted under the leadership of Lucian Haag The Forensic Science Service in Arizona said that, although Baldwin repeatedly denied pulling the trigger, “given the evidence, findings and observations recorded here, pulling or depressing the trigger was necessary to release the fully cocked or retracted hammer from the revolver.” in evidence.”

Weapons supervisor on film sets, Hannah Gutierrez-Reid, Not guilty of involuntary manslaughter and tampering with evidence in the case. His trial is scheduled to begin in February.

Deputy Director and Security Coordinator of rust, David Halls, pleaded no contest to unsafe handling of a firearm last March and received a suspended sentence of six months’ probation. He agreed to cooperate with the investigation into the shooting.

A previous FBI report on the agency’s weapons analysis found that, as is It can be fired without pulling the trigger, common with firearms of that design If force is applied to the uncocked hammer, such as by dropping the weapon.

The only way testers did this was by hitting the gun with a mallet while the hammer was down and resting on the cartridge, or by pulling the trigger when it was fully cocked. The weapon eventually broke during testing.

The series began shooting in 2021 Civil litigation, including a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by Hutchins’ family members, centered on allegations that the defendants were negligent about safety standards. Baldwin and the other defendants have disputed those allegations.

Rust Movie Productions paid a $100,000 fine State workplace safety regulators after a scathing description of the failures violated industry-standard protocol, including testimony that production managers took limited or no action to address the two on-set failures before the fatal shooting.

Filming of rust It resumed last year in Montana, thanks to a deal with the cinematographer’s widower, Matthew Hutchins, who made him an executive producer.

(with information from AP)