Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who was the armorer on the set of Rust at the time of an accidental shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, was sentenced to 18 months in prison after being found guilty of involuntary manslaughter.
Gutierrez-Reed was convicted by a 12-person jury on March 6th, after less than three hours of deliberation. In a split verdict, Gutierrez-Reed was acquitted of separate charges of evidence tampering.
The charges against Gutierrez-Reed stemmed from the accidental shooting of Hutchins on the set of the western Rust in October 2021. Actor/producer Alec Baldwin was handling the gun when it accidentally fired, hitting Hutchins in the stomach and director Joel Souza in the shoulder; Hutchins died after being transported to the hospital.
During the trial, Gutierrez-Reed’s defense claimed she was being treated as a “convenient scapegoat” by “higher-ups” involved in Rust, including Baldwin and other producers, and cited an Osha ruling that she...
Gutierrez-Reed was convicted by a 12-person jury on March 6th, after less than three hours of deliberation. In a split verdict, Gutierrez-Reed was acquitted of separate charges of evidence tampering.
The charges against Gutierrez-Reed stemmed from the accidental shooting of Hutchins on the set of the western Rust in October 2021. Actor/producer Alec Baldwin was handling the gun when it accidentally fired, hitting Hutchins in the stomach and director Joel Souza in the shoulder; Hutchins died after being transported to the hospital.
During the trial, Gutierrez-Reed’s defense claimed she was being treated as a “convenient scapegoat” by “higher-ups” involved in Rust, including Baldwin and other producers, and cited an Osha ruling that she...
- 4/15/2024
- by Scoop Harrison and Jo Vito
- Consequence - Film News
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