Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the former armorer at the movie Rust, listens to closing arguments in her trial at the First Judicial District Courthouse in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on March 6, 2024. The woman in charge of weapons on the set of the Alec Baldwin movie « Rust, » where a cinematographer was shot dead, was convicted March 6, of involuntary manslaughter.
A jury in New Mexico took just over two hours to find Hannah Gutierrez guilty of the death of Halyna Hutchins in October 2021.
A 10-day trial heard how as the film’s armorer, Gutierrez had been ultimately responsible for the use of live rounds on set — a red line across the industry. (Photo by Luis Sánchez Saturno / POOL / AFP) (Photo by LUIS SANCHEZ SATURNO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO – MARCH 06: Hannah Gutierrez-Reed looks over at her mom Stacy Reed as she is taken into custody after the guilty verdict during her trial at district court on March 6, 2024 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Gutierrez-Reed, who was working as the armorer on the movie « Rust » when a revolver actor Alec Baldwin was holding fired, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding the film’s director Joel Souza, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter but acquitted on charges of tampering with evidence. She could face up to 18 months in prison. (Photo by Luis Sánchez Saturno – Pool/Getty Images)
