Alec Baldwin formally charged with manslaughter over shooting cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on set of film "Rust" Together with him, the Santa Fe prosecutors also indicted the armourer Hanna Gutierrez-Reed.
According to the indictment , the actor was "distracted", talking on the phone with his family members during training on how to use the prop gun .
And this, according to Robert Shilling, special investigator of the district attorney's office, would be the cause of the accident.
" If the actor had carried out the mandatory security checks with the armorer and had not pointed the gun at Hutchins, the tragedy would not have occurred ", is the position of the prosecution.
"This reckless departure from known standards, practice and protocol directly caused the fatal shooting," the investigator said. "Baldwin knew the first rule of gun safety is never point a gun at someone you don't intend to shoot."
If guilty, the actor faces 5 years in prison .
(Unioneonline/L)