FBI expert explains damage to Alec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ weapon in armorer criminal trial
New Mexico district attorneys trying to show that Alec Baldwin was criminally irresponsible in the deadly shooting of the "Rust" motion picture cinematographer need to face a making complex piece of proof: a harmed weapon.Baldwin has actually long preserved that he did not shoot of his prop weapon-- a Colt.45 revolver-- on Oct. 21, 2021, while practicing a scene on the motion picture set outside Santa Fe, N.M. Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was standing a couple of feet away when Baldwin's weapon released, shooting a lead bullet that fatally struck her in the chest. The shot likewise hurt movie's director, Joel Souza, who recuperated from his injury.A month after the mishap, Baldwin informed ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos: "I didn't shoot. ... I would never ever point a weapon at a...