Europe 1 with AFP 5:21 p.m., January 19, 2023

Author of a fatal shooting on the set of the film "Rust" in 2021, the American actor Alec Baldwin will be charged with manslaughter.

That day, he had activated a weapon supposed to contain only blank bullets, but whose very real projectile had killed the director of photography Halyna Hutchins, 42 years old.

American actor Alec Baldwin, author of a fatal shooting on the set of the film "Rust" in 2021, will be charged with manslaughter, announced a prosecutor Thursday.

The gunwoman in the film, who handled the gun, is facing the same charge, said Santa Fe County District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies.

On October 21, 2021, this filming had turned tragic when Alec Baldwin had activated a weapon supposed to contain only blank bullets, but whose very real projectile had killed the director of photography Halyna Hutchins, 42, and injured the director Joel Souza.

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