Alec Baldwin ‘Rust’ Trial Locks New Mexico Jury, Sets Opening Statements for Wednesday

UPDATE 4:00 p.m. PDT:

Alec Baldwin’s “Rust” trial took its first steps on Tuesday afternoon as 12 jurors and four alternates were selected and sworn in. Overseen by Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer in her Santa Fe County courtroom, the New Mexico residents were comprised of 11 women and five men.

Opening statements in the actor’s involuntary manslaughter trial for the killing of “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins were set to begin Wednesday.

UPDATE 9:30 a.m. PDT:
Jury selection got underway Tuesday morning in the manslaughter trial of Alec Baldwin, who faces up to 18 months in a New Mexico prison if convicted. Baldwin was in court, along with his brother Billy and wife Hilaria.