'Rust' armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
A jury on Wednesday found 'Rust' armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. The armorer was responsible for the gun that discharged a live bullet on the Western film set. Hutchins was in the line of fire when actor Alec Baldwin pulled the gun out of his holster on Oct. 21, 2021.
'm going to remand you,' Sommer told the courtroom. 'The reason is you are now convicted, and this is a death.' Gutierrez Reed was immediately taken into custody by deputies and awaits a sentencing date at the court's convenience. She faces up to 18 months in prison, in addition to a $5,000 fine. The armorer's trial, which began Feb. 21, saw testimony from weapons experts, FBI and Santa Fe County authorities and crew members who witnessed the fatal shooting.
Hutchins died after being shot by a gun Baldwin was holding while staging a scene in a small church at Bonanza Creek Ranch in 2021. The jury heard testimony from director Joel Souza, who was shot in the shoulder during the tense moment. Hutchins and Souza were working behind the camera to stage the close-up scene when the gun the actor was holding discharged, killing the cinematographer. 'I went inside again to see, to try to see what the angle was. There were a lot of voices,' Souza recalled during his testimony. 'I heard Alec's voice. I heard Halyna's voice, everyone sort of talking at once. I don't have a clear memory of how long I was standing behind her.
knew something got me, but they kept saying — they kept talking about this bullet. And it just could not compute for me,' he said. 'I just kept saying, 'You don't understand. No, no, no. This was a movie set. You know, that's not possible. You don't get it.' And they kept saying, ‘No, no, it is.’ And I just keep insisting, 'You don't understand because this is not possible. It's just not possible that there's a live round. It's not.
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