‘Rust’ Armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed to Be Sentenced April 15
variety.comGene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the “Rust” armorer convicted last week in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, will be sentenced on April 15, a judge ruled Wednesday.
Gutierrez Reed faces a maximum of 18 months in prison for involuntary manslaughter. A jury in Santa Fe, N.M., found her guilty after a two-week trial, in which prosecutors argued that her negligence led to “astonishing” failures of safety.
Gutierrez Reed was responsible for the firearms on set. She accidentally loaded a live bullet into Alec Baldwin‘s vintage Colt revolver, which went off, killing Hutchins and wounding the film’s director, Joel Souza.
Baldwin, who has denied pulling the trigger, faces his own criminal trial for involuntary manslaughter in July. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer ordered Gutierrez Reed taken into custody following the verdict last week, noting the seriousness of the case. “It’s a death,” the judge said.
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