- “Rust” assistant director Dave Halls was sentenced Friday after pleading no contest to negligent/unsafe handling of a firearm that led to the on-set October 2021 fatal shooting of the film’s cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins.
- Halls entered a plea of no contest to the misdemeanor charge of negligent use of a deadly weapon. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer accepted the plea. The prosecution requested a suspended sentence, which is a conviction.
- Halls’ attorney Lisa Torraco argued his sentence should be deferred. Torraco explained that Halls did not have control over how individual people handled safety on the set.
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Alec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ Assistant Director Sentenced In Hutchins Shooting Death
DECEMBER 2nd 2021: "Rust" assistant director Dave Halls supports Alec Baldwin in his claim that he did not pull the trigger of the prop gun that killed photography director Halyna Hutchins on set - that the shooting was a "misfire" of the weapon. - OCTOBER 22nd 2021: Actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot photography director Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza with a prop gun while filming on the set of "Rust" near Santa Fe, New Mexico in what appears to be an accidental incident. - File Photo by: zz/John Nacion/STAR MAX/IPx 2019 4/26/19 Alec Baldwin at the premiere of "Crown Vic" held on April 26, 2019 during the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. (NYC)
