Alec Baldwin Faces Lesser Sentence After Prosecutors Drop 5-Year Gun Enhancement Charge
Alec Baldwin will not be facing years in prison after prosecutors on Monday dropped a firearms enhancement charge originally brought against him in the fatal accidental shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on a New Mexico movie set.
Had Baldwin been convicted of firearms enhancement charge, he would have been punished by imprisonment of 5 years. The 64-year-old actor and director still faces a charge of involuntary manslaughter, which would carry a lesser sentence of up to 18 months in prison if convicted.
The charge was also dropped against former Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who was responsible for the weapon fired by Alec Baldwin when he pointed a prop gun in the direction of Hutchins while rehearsing a gunfight scene on the set of “Rust” on Oct. 21, 2021. She now faces the same involuntary manslaughter charge as Baldwin….