Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter charge DA quitting case to tackle ‘broader public safety needs’
The Santa Fe District Attorney who charged Alec Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter after the fatal ‘Rust’ film set shooting has stepped down from the case. First Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies made global headlines when she decided to charge Alec, 64, with manslaughter with a sentencing enhancement after a gun went off on the set of the western in New Mexico in October 2021, fatally wounding 42-year-old cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Attorneys Kari Morrissey and Jason Lewis have now been appointed to serve as new special prosecutors in the case. A statement from the Santa...