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Speaker 1: Crime, alert, imancy, grace breaking crime is now charges filed

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Speaker 1: and then dismissed against actor Alec Baldwin in the death

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Speaker 1: of cinematographer Helena Hutchins. Baldwin then sues the prosecutors, court officials,

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Speaker 1: and others for defamation and abusive process man he sure

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Speaker 1: kicked a gift horse in the mouth. A judge has

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Speaker 1: now ruled in the case what About It John linley

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Speaker 1: Well Nancy.

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Speaker 2: Alec Baldwin's counter suit tied to that fatal shooting on

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Speaker 2: the film Rust, has been dismissed. The New Mexico judge's

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Speaker 2: ruling leaves Baldwin thirty days to refile. It was in

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty one that cinematographer Helena Hutchins was killed when

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Speaker 2: a gun Baldwin was rehearsing with fired a live round.

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Speaker 2: Criminal charges against the actor were dropped last year, but

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Speaker 2: the film's armorer, Hanna Gutierra's reed was convicted of involuntary

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Speaker 2: manslaughter and release this May after serving thirteen months. Hutchins's

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Speaker 2: husband and family are still suing Baldwin and other producers,

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Speaker 2: alleging safety failures on the set. Court records show Baldwin's

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Speaker 2: deposition in that case has yet to be rescheduled. President

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Speaker 2: Trump has announced that more than five hundred federal officers

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Speaker 2: from the FBI, deaatf ICE, and the US Marshall Service

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Speaker 2: are being sent to Washington, d C. For at least

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Speaker 2: a week. Their mission bolster local law enforcement and, in

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Speaker 2: the words of the President, restore safety to the streets.

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Speaker 2: The plan also includes removing unhoused people from public spaces

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Speaker 2: and sending them to facilities outside the city. The President

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Speaker 2: said the measure was necessary to address what he called

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Speaker 2: lawlessness in the Capitol, but DC leaders point out that

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Speaker 2: violent crime has already fallen by more than a quarter

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Speaker 2: compared to last year, with homicides and carjackings both trending downward.

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Speaker 2: Mayor Muriel Bowser says the city is open to federal help,

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Speaker 2: but objects to the prospect of National Guard troops or

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Speaker 2: direct federal control of local policing. She's urging the administration

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Speaker 2: to instead fill vacant prosecutor positions and judicial seats, posts

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Speaker 2: she says are critical to sustain safety. The coming week,

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Speaker 2: we'll test whether this surge in manpower strengthens the city's

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Speaker 2: security or sparks new political conflict over control of the

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Speaker 2: nation's capital. Thanks John for the latest crime and justice news.

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Speaker 1: Go to crime online dot com and please join us

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Speaker 1: for our daily podcast Crime Stories. More crime and justice

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Speaker 1: news after this Now with the latest crime and justice

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Speaker 1: breaking news Crime Online John Limley.

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Speaker 2: The FBI's latest uniform crime report shows a major nationwide shift.

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Speaker 2: Violent crime fell by four point five percent in twenty

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Speaker 2: twenty four and property crime by eight percent. Murders and

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Speaker 2: non negligent manslaughters dropped fifteen percent, the steepest decline in decades,

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Speaker 2: bringing levels closer to where they stood before the pandemic.

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Speaker 2: The statistics also showed decreases in robbery, aggravated assault, and burglary.

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Speaker 2: But the data is not all positive. Hate crime remains

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Speaker 2: alarmingly high, only a slight one point five percent drop

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Speaker 2: from the year before, and the total still ranks as

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Speaker 2: the second highest in more than thirty years. Anless say

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Speaker 2: these numbers reflect complex dynamics, with improved community policing and

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Speaker 2: targeted intervention programs helping in some cities, while deep rooted

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Speaker 2: bias driven violence continues to resist national downward trends. In Atlanta,

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Speaker 2: a routine arrest turned violent at the city's five points mortestation.

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Speaker 2: Two transit police officers were attempting to detain twenty five

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Speaker 2: six year old Christopher Daniels for public urination when he

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Speaker 2: allegedly pulled a gun and opened fire. One officer was

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Speaker 2: shot in the arm and underwent surgery. The second officer

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Speaker 2: was grazed in the knee and temporarily lost hearing from

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Speaker 2: the gunfire, Daniels fled aboard a train, tossing his weapon

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Speaker 2: onto a station rooftop before slipping away. The firearm was

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Speaker 2: later recovered and Daniels was arrested in Birmingham, Alabama, after

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Speaker 2: a multi state manhunt. He faces charges of aggravated assault,

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Speaker 2: public indecency, and weapons violations. MARTA official stress that serious

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Speaker 2: crime on the system is down overall, noting this year

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Speaker 2: has seen no homicides, a stark contrast to years past,

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Speaker 2: but they say the shooting underscores the unpredictable risks transit

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Speaker 2: police face daily. In New York, the life of forty

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Speaker 2: six year old security guard Alan Etienne was honored in

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Speaker 2: Brooklyn by hundreds of mourners. Etien, originally from Haiti, was

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Speaker 2: killed while shielding others during a July twenty eighth shooting

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Speaker 2: at a Manhattan Office Tower. The attack left four people dead,

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Speaker 2: including Etienne, a veteran NYPD officer, an investment executive, and

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Speaker 2: a real estate employee. A fifth person was wounded before

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Speaker 2: the gunman took his own life. Friends, family, and co

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Speaker 2: workers say Etienne was a devoted father and grandfather who

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Speaker 2: always put others first. His union is calling for greater

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Speaker 2: recognition of private security personnel, noting that many like Etienne

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Speaker 2: are immigrants working long hours in dangerous conditions. He is

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Speaker 2: remembered as a man who not only guarded a building,

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Speaker 2: but who in his final moments, protected the lives of others.

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Speaker 1: Thanks John for the latest crime and justice news. Go

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Speaker 1: to crime online dot com and please join us for

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Speaker 1: our daily podcast, Crime Stories, where we do our best

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Speaker 1: to find missing people, especially children, and solved unsolved thomicides.

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Speaker 1: With this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace.