“Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter after the horrific on-set accident that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
The armorer was responsible for the gun that discharged a live bullet on the Western film set. Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was in the line of fire when Baldwin pulled the gun out of his holster Oct. 21, 2021.
Gutierrez Reed was also found not guilty of evidence tampering, a charge she received in 2023 after investigators accused her of passing off a bag of cocaine on the day of the fatal set shooting.
The jury deliberated for less than three hours at the New Mexico courthouse.
After the verdict was read, Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer ordered Gutierrez Reed be taken into custody, where she will remain until she is sentenced.
“I’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.
“Hannah Gutierrez knew that Baldwin was loose. She knew it,” special prosecutor Kari Morrissey said during closing arguments. “She didn’t do anything about it, even though it was her job.
It was her job. It is her job to say to an A-list actor, if in fact, that’s what you want to call him, ‘Hey, you can’t behave that way with those firearms.’ That is her job.
That is what they pay her for. That is the job that she applied for. That is the job that she accepted.”
Gutierrez Reed’s legal team had told the jury that the prosecution hadn’t presented enough evidence to convict the armorer on involuntary manslaughter.
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