Alec Baldwin, 66, looks devastated as footage of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins lifted onto a stretcher after fatal shooting is shown to the jury

Alec Baldwin was near looking successful agony aft melodramatic footage was played retired during nan 2nd time of his manslaughter trial, showing nan aftermath of nan fatal shooting connected nan group of his ill-fated Western movie 'Rust'.

In court, jurors were shown assemblage cam footage captured by serviceman Santa Fe County Sheriff’s lawman Nicholas LeFleur who was called arsenic nan first witnesser successful nan case.

The baggy-eyed actor, 66, astatine 1 constituent appeared to struggle to watch nan footage and put his manus connected his forehead.

Baldwin was a shaper and nan prima of Rust erstwhile he changeable dormant cinematographer Halyna Hutchins , 42, a mother-of-one, while filming pinch a prop weapon that had a unrecorded information wrong it. The film's head Joel Souza was besides injured.

Camera footage shows Hutchins laying connected her backmost wrong nan group pursuing nan shooting, pinch tubes coming retired of her assemblage arsenic aesculapian teams thin to her.

LeFleur tin beryllium heard saying: ‘One female changeable successful nan chest, antheral changeable successful nan stomach’ and calling for an aerial evacuation.

Director Joel Souza tin beryllium heard shouting retired successful symptom and is seen thrashing his legs astir successful nan clip.

LeFleur was first connected nan scene, pinch his assemblage cam capturing him arriving connected nan set, getting retired his car and retrieving a container from his motortruck earlier moving into nan church

One personification says of Souza: ‘He’s bully he’s sewage a (inaudible) enarthrosis blade’, apparently referring to a bullet. Hutchins’ look appears ray but appears to move her limb to down her head.

A female helping Hutchins to respire says: ‘Halyna heavy breath, heavy activity location you go. Deep activity Halyna. Jesus’.

Several unit members and paramedics could beryllium seen lifting Hutchins up connected a stretcher. One personification had a disguise complete her rima and was pumping it to thief her breathe.

As nan clip played out, his woman Hilaria and relative Stephen watched intently from nan nationalist gallery.

The stakes for Baldwin are incredibly precocious and were starkly illustrated successful February erstwhile Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, 26, nan armorer connected nan set, went connected proceedings and was recovered blameworthy for nan aforesaid charges successful nan aforesaid court.

In her opening statement, Erlinda Johnson, a typical charismatic appointed to nan case, said that Baldwin had 'violated nan cardinal rules of firearm safety’ and that he was 'reckless' connected set.

Johnson said that Baldwin had requested nan biggest weapon disposable aft he arrived connected nan group successful in October 2021.

She told jurors: ‘When personification plays make judge pinch a existent weapon successful a existent life workplace and while playing pinch nan weapon violates nan cardinal rules of weapon information people's lives are endangered and personification could beryllium killed.

'That’s what this lawsuit is about. It’s simple, straightforward. That personification who played make judge pinch a existent weapon and violated nan cardinal rules of firearm information is nan defendant, Alexander Baldwin.'

Johnson said that nan armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was a 'very young woman' and 'inexperienced'.

She told nan tribunal that Baldwin didn't do a information cheque pinch Gutierrez-Reed because he 'didn't want to offend her'.

Johnson besides criticized Baldwin's declare that he didn't propulsion nan trigger saying that a firearms expert ruled that Baldwin must person pulled nan trigger.

The expert pinch nan FBI only sewage nan weapon to occurrence without pulling nan trigger by breaking it during an ‘accidental discharge test’, nan tribunal heard.

While defense lawyer Alex Spiro told jurors that nan decease of Hutchins had been an ‘unspeakable tragedy’ but that Baldwin committed nary crime.

In his opening statement, Spiro said: ‘There were group responsible for ensuring nan information of nan firearm. Those group grounded successful their duties.

‘On this group location was a existent slug thing that should ne'er beryllium connected a movie set. You will perceive nary grounds that Baldwin had thing to do pinch that existent slug being bought connected that set.

‘The actor’s occupation is to act, he’s Harlan Rust, he’s an outlaw moving for his life. In this incident he’s pulling a six shooter.

‘His mind is successful nan being of another, a period away, an outlaw. He must beryllium capable to return that limb and usage it successful ways that would beryllium lethal successful nan existent world but not connected a movie set.’

Spiro told nan tribunal that investigators successful nan lawsuit saw Baldwin arsenic being a ‘shiny object’ they could spell for.

He said: ‘Instead of trying to find nan root of nan lethal slug they focused connected Mr Baldwin.

‘But Mr Baldwin was for illustration immoderate different actor…safety proceeds earlier nan actor. A decently cleared weapon cannot wounded anyone’.

Baldwin was said to beryllium successful a authorities of ‘shocking grief’ pursuing nan incident, according to Spiro who described him arsenic being a ‘father, an artist, worried astir his family’.

Spiro past criticized nan rule enforcement successful nan lawsuit saying that they didn’t person a lawsuit against Baldwin and blasted them for destroying nan gun.

He said: ‘This weapon had a hairsbreadth trigger. The owner’s manual of this weapon says if you load it pinch a unrecorded information and you driblet it, this type of weapon tin accidentally spell off.

‘The demolition of nan weapon is symbolic of this case. They weren't really investigating immoderate more, they were trying to disprove Alec, to get Alec, to person this time [in court]'.

Outside nan tribunal connected Wednesday morning, lawyer Gloria Allred held a photograph of Hutchins, her mother Olga and Hutchins’ son.

Allred is representing Hutchins’ family successful Ukraine arsenic portion of a civilian negligence suit they person brought against Baldwin successful nan US.

According to Allred, nan family had been incapable to travel because of nan ongoing conflict successful nan country, saying: ‘We would for illustration nan truth, we would for illustration justice.’

She added: ‘Baldwin, though his attorneys person attacked america unfairly, suggested they didn't person a adjacent narration pinch Halyna which is false.

‘I cognize Alec brought 1 of his 7 children, he’s apparently signed up for a reality show. This is not a reality show!

‘This is simply a proceedings of involuntary manslaughter of a young, talented cinematographer. She had a correct to beryllium safe connected that group arsenic did each personnel of nan crew.

‘I don’t cognize whether Alec Baldwin decided to make holding his babe aliases his woman holding nan babe and past handing her to a nanny aliases a shaper [part of] nan reality show.

‘It is cynical and perchance a calculated nationalist relations move to make him look much sympathetic to nan jury’.

Holding up nan photo, Allred said: ‘This is simply a kid arsenic well. This is Halyna's kid who nary longer has a mother.

‘Let’s not forget, this is simply a existent lawsuit successful Santa Fe, New Mexico and it has to beryllium taken seriously!’

When asked what she thought him possibly maybe filming his reality show from jail, she added: ‘I don’t cognize what his plans are isolated from if he uses this proceedings and his children arsenic portion of a reality show, I deliberation it’s sick.

The proceedings is nan culmination of a nightmare for Mr Baldwin that has lasted for astir 3 years and has yet travel to court.

The Emmy grant winning actor, 66, has pleaded not blameworthy to 2 counts of involuntary manslaughter.

The lawsuit has had a agelong and tortured way to trial: Baldwin was primitively charged successful January 2023 pinch 2 counts of involuntary manslaughter.

They were dropped 3 months later successful ray of caller evidence, prosecutors said, adding they needed much clip to investigate.

Baldwin was sensationally charged for a 2nd clip successful January this twelvemonth pinch nan aforesaid charges.

Baldwin and his woman are presently filming a reality TV bid astir their family. It is not clear if a camera unit is trailing them successful New Mexico, but nan show is owed to aerial successful 2025 meaning filming is apt underway now.

The lawsuit is expected to perceive 8 days of grounds and argument, followed by deliberations.