Opening statements began Wednesday in the involuntary manslaughter trial of actor Alec Baldwin, nearly three years after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot on the New Mexico set of the Western film “Rust.

Nearly three years after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed on the New Mexico set of the film “Rust,” Alec Baldwin’s trial over her death has begun.

In Alec Baldwin’s manslaughter trial Wednesday, attorneys argued over the actor’s culpability for a shooting death on the set of “Rust.”

Opening statements were delivered Wednesday in New Mexico in Alec Baldwin's manslaughter trial over the 2021 fatal shooting of a crew member on the set of "Rust."

Baldwin's lawyer Alex Spiro emphasized in his opening statement in a Santa Fe, New Mexico, courtroom that Baldwin, who is on trial for involuntary manslaughter, did exactly what actors always do on the set of the film “Rust,

Alec Baldwin is on trial on a charge of involuntary manslaughter for his role in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the film “Rust.”

On the first day of Alec Baldwin's manslaughter trial in the 'Rust' shooting, his attorney suggests that sheriff's deputies and prosecutors turned their attention on the actor.