US actor Alec Baldwin (L) attends his trial for involuntary manslaughter at Santa Fe County District Court in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on July 12, 2024.
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A New Mexico judge on Friday dismissed the criminal involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin on the third day of the actor’s trial, after his lawyers claimed prosecutors kept evidence about ammunition secret.
Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer tossed the case against Baldwin, which related to the October 2021 shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of his movie ”Rust,” with prejudice, meaning that prosecutors cannot retry Baldwin on the charge.
Baldwin wept as the decision was announced.
Baldwin was rehearsing a scene when a gun he was handling fired, killing Hutchins.
Since the shooting, Baldwin has denied that he pulled the trigger of the weapon.
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