Alec Baldwin has broken his silence following the shock dismissal of his Rust shooting case.

The actor was on trial over the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins who was fatally shot while on set in October 2021.

However, the charges were sensationally thrown out on Friday after a New Mexico judge ruled there had been ‘errors in handling’ over some of the evidence.

Alec Baldwin has broken his silence following the shock dismissal of his Rust shooting case

Baldwin wept in the Santa Fe courtroom when the news was announced and has since taken to Instagram to speak out. 

‘There are too many people who have supported me to thank just now,’ he wrote on Saturday.

‘To all of you, you will never know how much I appreciate your kindness toward my family.’

The extraordinary decision to quash his trial came after a day-long hearing without the jury present over bullets that should have been in evidence, which Baldwin’s lawyers claimed were ‘concealed’ from them and ‘buried’ in another case file.

The issue had upended the trial for Baldwin who pleaded not guilty to two counts of involuntary manslaughter, as he was accused of negligence for accidentally firing a live round on the set.

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, 26, the armorer on the set of Rust, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter earlier this year.

She was later jailed for 18 months, a sentence Baldwin had faced if found guilty.