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The final police report on the shooting near
Santa Fe, New Mexico is expected next month, at which time
prosecutors will file criminal charges if warranted, district
attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies told the state's finance board.
Investigators are focusing on the "many individuals" who handled
the pistol Baldwin fired during a rehearsal, killing Hutchins
and injuring director Joel Souza, Carmack-Altwies said in a
letter to the board.
"One of the possible defendants is well-known movie actor Alec
Baldwin," she said in an Aug. 30 letter requesting additional
funding to prosecute the high-profile case.
Four jury trials with each defendant charged under some
variation of state homicide statutes are possible,
Carmack-Altwies told the board during a Sept. 20 meeting.
The former public defender said her team faced "well-paid and
experienced defense lawyers" from Los Angeles and New York and
would need to retain a near full-time prosecutor, special
investigator, media spokesperson and expert witnesses.
The finance board granted the district attorney's office
$317,750 in funding during the Sept. 20 meeting after it
requested $635,500.
Baldwin has denied responsibility for Hutchins' death and said
live rounds should never have been allowed onto the set.
His attorney Luke Nikas warned against assumptions Baldwin would
be charged.
“The DA has made clear that she has not received the sheriff’s
report or made any decisions about who, if anyone, might be
charged in this case," he said in a statement on Monday.
(Reporting By Andrew Hay in Taos, New Mexico; editing by Donna
Bryson and Bill Berkrot)
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