The DA that filed overreached and was chasing clout as she is also a state rep. She's stepped down from the case, new DA saw it was bullshit and issued some lame PR statement to salvage some of the office's reputation. Legal analyst here breaks it down: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/special-prosecutor-resigns-rust-alec-baldwin-rcna74990
Simple Case. Standard Procedure Violated. Negligence on part of prop provider. If there was tampering with intent, this will require some evidence beyond reasonable doubt. Alex is an actor, not the prop guy. The gun was loaded. Why? What are live rounds doing anywhere near a freakin motion picture set? Who's prints were on the shell casing? Who brought the round onto the set? Who benefits?
The family of the victim should hire a good attorney and sue Alec Baldwin for $20 million minimum. Her child will grow up now without a caring mom. If only for the child, the family should make sure the child is taken care of. There is negligence in what Alec Baldwin did which is point that gun at the cinematographer. Worst, he actually, pulled the trigger, despite, his BS the gun fired itself?
Alec is not the prop guy. That prop guy is responsible for maintaining safety for a very prescribed scope of the project. Was this safety maintained when there is a loaded gun on the set provided to an actor? You tell Halyna yes to that being safe standard procedure first, lol. Bark away little doggie.
The simple fact is that Baldwin relied on the armourer to do her job and was distracted preparing in the moment do his part acting so did not check himself. Checking however would have involved unloading, inspecting and reloading. Buy1 being an old man who knows little about anything does not grasp the critical difference between a movie set dummy and a blank, a dummy does not fire at all but for a film will look real which matters when a revolver is being filmed from the front. The shooting happened during a test shot, for the live they would have changed rounds to get the powder flare or used CGI. The armourer in turn was taking an action against the supplier of the dummy rounds claiming they put live rounds into boxes marked dummy.* One could also argue that the people who knew a gun was about to be fired straight at them should also have sought certainty and not trusted in the armourer. The state says there is a civil tariff for wrongful death. As Baldwin and the company settled the wrongful death with Halyna Hutchins' family the matter is closed. The armourer has her own accounting as possibly does the prop bullet supplier, I don't know what's going on there. * As Buy1 certainly won't know being an old man who knows little, movie set dummy rounds are distinguished by a rattle sound when shaken, live don't do this.
Ah the old heading to Dubai and Tokyo story eh? Sounds more like another community service order to me.
Actually it’s looking like the prosecutors were zealous and did not report the prop gun was modified making it likely to discharge without Baldwin pulling the trigger, supporting Baldwin’s claim.