You may have heard that charges are going to be dropped against Alec Baldwin, in the killing of Halyna Hutchins.

Alec Baldwin to Skate as Prosecutors Drop Criminal Charges in Fatal ‘Rust’ Shooting: Reports
Recently appointed special prosecutors Kari Morrissey and Jason Lewis are expected file papers shortly to dismiss the involuntary manslaughter claims against Alec Baldwin without prejudice, according to multiple reports, with Deadline first reporting the news on Thursday.

I think it may be a little premature for Baldwin to relax.

1. The report is that the charges will be dropped without prejudice, meaning the charges can be resurrected. Right there, Baldwin is not in the clear yet.

2. The charges against armorer Gutierrez-Reed are apparently not going to be dropped.

3. Assistant director Hall has already been convicted and sentenced for his role.

Something is still up.

Pure speculation: The special prosecutors may have uncovered more evidence, and are considering a different set of charges.

One thing that always bothered me was presence of live rounds on site at all. Where did they come from? Who brought them? How did at least one end up in the gun?

And why?

Gutierrez-Reed’s theory that the blank supplier must have mixed live rounds in her order wasn’t supported by the forensic evidence. The ammunition components were reportedly not a match with the supplier’s components. And it begs the question of why the armorer would have loaded even blanks for a rehearsal that didn’t wasn’t supposed to involve shooting.

Then there’s theory that someone proposed to me in a private conversation: What if someone deliberately loaded live ammo to set up Baldwin, knowing that his lack of firearm safety might nearly guarantee an unfortunate incident?

“Without prejudice.” Maybe some of those questions are being asked. Maybe even answered.