Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the armorer who handled the weapons on the set of the Western film "Rust," was sentenced to 18 months in prison yesterday for the October 2021 shooting death of the film's cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins.
Gutierrez-Reed, 27, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter by a New Mexico jury in March for erroneously putting a live round into a prop gun (see 101). Alec Baldwin, the film's star and coproducer, fired the loaded weapon during rehearsal, shooting the 42-year-old Hutchins. Baldwin, 66, faces his own trial July 10 on an involuntary manslaughter charge for which he has pleaded not guilty.
Attorneys for Gutierrez-Reed plan to file an appeal. The defense argued the armorer was not given enough time to check the weapon and that Baldwin was reckless with the prop. Prosecutors argued Gutierrez-Reed failed to take accountability in her role, pointing to her recorded conversations from jail, where she has been held for the past month.
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