'Rust' Trial: Testimonies Reveal Safety Oversights and Alec Baldwin's Role in Fatal Shooting

Outtakes from the film "Rust" show Alec Baldwin rushing crew to reload his gun, with the armorer, Hannah Gutierrez Reed, seen hurriedly putting more blanks into his gun. The videos, shown for the first time, are likely to be played again at Baldwin’s manslaughter trial in July. Prosecutors allege that Baldwin is responsible for firing the gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and for management failures as a producer, while the defense argues he was not in a supervisory role. Expert witness Bryan Carpenter testified that the behind-the-scenes videos showed numerous lapses in gun safety, including rushing with firearms and using a weapon as a pointing stick.
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