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Alec Baldwin 'Rust' Case: State Refutes Lawyer's Assertion It 'Destroyed' Gun in Fatal Shooting

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Alec Baldwin's attorney, Alex Spiro, told First Judicial District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer at a Thursday hearing in New Mexico that his legal team, as part of its discovery, wanted to see the gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

Except there's one problem — Spiro said the state destroyed the gun, but the state refuted the assertion.«The court, I don't think, is aware at this point, but I think I should tell the court that the firearm in this case was destroyed by the state,» Spiro said during the virtual hearing. «So, that’s obviously an issue and we’re going to have to see that firearm, or what’s left of it.»In a statement to ET, First Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies said the gun in question still exists.«The gun Alec Baldwin used in the shooting that killed Halyna Hutchins has not been destroyed by the state.

The gun is in evidence and is available for the defense to review,» Carmack-Altwies said. «The defense's unexpected statement in the status hearing today that the gun had been destroyed by the state may be a reference to a statement in the FBI's July 2022 firearms testing report that said damage was done to internal components of the gun during the FBI's functionality testing.

However, the gun still exists and can be used as evidence.»At that same hearing, which also was attended by armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed's attorneys, Spiro filed a waiver so Baldwin does not have to attend any status conferences moving forward.Baldwin formally entered a not guilty plea to one count of involuntary manslaughter for his role in the fatal shooting on the set of back in October 2021.

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