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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Nathan Place

Halyna Hutchins’s family sues Alec Baldwin over ‘Rust’ shooting

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The family of the cinematographer killed on the set of the movie Rust is suing Alec Baldwin over her death, their lawyers have announced.

Halyna Hutchins, the film’s director of photography, died in October last year after a gun Mr Baldwin was holding went off, shooting her in the torso. On Tuesday, lawyers for Ms Hutchins’ husband, Matthew, and nine-year-old son, Andros, announced that they’d filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Mr Baldwin and others involved in the production.

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