'Rust' armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed guilty of involuntary manslaughter
A New Mexico jury found "Rust" armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed guilty of involuntary manslaughter Wednesday after deliberating for about two and a half hours.
SANTA FE, N.M. — A New Mexico jury found "Rust" armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed guilty of involuntary manslaughter and not guilty of tampering with evidence Wednesday after having deliberated for about 2½ hours.
Gutierrez-Reed, 26, faces up to 18 months in state prison when she is sentenced later. A judge ordered that she be taken into custody and held until her sentencing.
Gutierrez-Reed showed little emotion as the jury foreperson read the verdicts. She took off a necklace before a deputy took her into custody. Her mother, seated behind her, put her hands on her head and bent forward as the judge ordered her daughter remanded into custody pending sentencing.
The nearly two-week criminal trial centered on the shooting on the "Rust" film set in 2021, when actor Alec Baldwin held a prop gun that fired a live round of ammunition, killing the film's cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins. The bullet also injured director Joel Souza.
During the prosecution's closing arguments Wednesday, special prosecutor Kari T. Morrissey told the jury that Gutierrez-Reed "was negligent, she was careless, she was thoughtless."
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