‘Rust’ Shooting Trial

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Jury selection is set to begin Tuesday morning in New Mexico for the trial of Alec Baldwin, who was accused of involuntary manslaughter for his role in the fatal shooting of the cinematographer of the set of the film “Rust.”

On Tuesday morning, Mr. Baldwin arrived at the Santa Fe County courthouse with his wife, Hilaria Baldwin, who said goodbye to one of the couple’s children before following her husband into the building.

The case revolves around the events of Oct. 21, 2021, when the gun Mr. Baldwin was rehearsing with discharged a live bullet that killed the cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, and wounded the movie’s director. The weapon was supposed to have been loaded with inert rounds that could not fire.

The initial announcement that prosecutors were bringing a criminal case against Mr. Baldwin was met with shock from Hollywood, where many consider on-set gun safety the responsibility of a production’s weapons experts and safety coordinators, not its actors. (The movie’s armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, has already been convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to 18 months in prison.)

The case has put those Hollywood norms to the test and the conduct of Mr. Baldwin, a fixture of the television and movie industry for decades, under a microscope. The proceedings are expected to be highly contested by his lawyers, who have argued for months that the prosecution is a misguided bid to secure a high-profile conviction of a celebrity. The prosecution argues that he was negligent in handling firearms.