” allegedly killed a cinematographer and injured the director, by firing a loaded gun directly at them during the making of a western movie called “Rust” on a remote film set in New Mexico.”
Allegedly?
Using words such as “allegedly” are often used in the media, if someone hasn’t been convicted of a crime. Yes sadly that woman is actually dead, but we don’t yet have a legally approved explanation for why she is dead. So they will say Baldwin allegedly shot her.
TexasGator, re your “allegedly?” comment..
You’re right, I was a bit clumsy in that sentence. Couldn’t think of a better way to put it.
Obviously the fact that the cinematographer was killed isn’t in question. My “allegedly” applied to the whole sentence, the statement that it happened when Baldwin fired a loaded gun directly at them. It’s possible, theoretically, that he fired it at something else and the bullet ricocheted. It’s possible, theoretically, that there were two shooters and someone else fired the fatal shot. I’m not saying it’s likely, of course. I just don’t think I should write a piece about a possible murder case only three days after the crime without including the word “allegedly” somewhere.
At least some new information is likely to surface eventually, showing that our original expectations, or the original story itself, were off a bit.
It would seem it was all caught on video...