Bodycam footage released by Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office shows Alec Baldwin talking to police after the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza made public bodycam footage of a police officer arriving at the scene and an initial conversation with armorer Hannah Gutierrez. They said a formal decision on criminal charges would depend on further forensic work.
"Various components of the investigation remain outstanding, including FBI firearm and ballistic forensics along with DNA and latent fingerprint analysis, (coroner's) findings and the analysis of Mr. Alec Baldwin's phone data extracted by Suffolk County Sheriff's investigators," Mendoza said in a written statement.
The state of New Mexico last week fined Rust Movie Productions the maximum amount possible, $137,000, for what it called "willful" safety lapses leading to the death of cinematographer Hutchins.
Forty-two-year-old Hutchins was killed during filming in October when the revolver Baldwin was holding fired a live round that struck her in the chest and lodged in the shoulder of director Joel Souza. Souza survived the gunshot wound.
Baldwin has denied responsibility for Hutchins' death and said live rounds should never have been allowed onto the set of the Western film at Bonanza Creek Ranch in New Mexico.
Baldwin, a producer on the film, has been named in several lawsuits filed in connection with Hutchins' death, including one by her husband, Matthew.
The 64-year-old actor has argued in court papers that an indemnification clause in his contract shields him from personal liability.
Source: Reuters
