Oh come on Guido - he fired a gun at her! Yeah, yeah, it was a prop gun allegedly loaded with blanks... until it wasn’t.
That’s the issue. He fired a gun at her. If he had any reason to believe there was a live round in that weapon, then perhaps there is criminal culpability. But what happened here was not just an accident but a workplace accident with moving parts leading up to it. I just do not see a criminal case here.
In my line of work I see hundreds of workplace injuries that are a result of gross negligence and even recklessness leading to horrific injuries and death. Criminalizing that conduct is just wrong.
And do not get me started on the apparently mandatory-minimum of 5 years because a firearm was involved. This is either overreach or a publicity stunt by the DA. No way should the case get past a preliminary hearing.