Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer The prosecutor in the “Rust” case offered a “favorable” outcome last fall to armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed if she would help explain how live rounds made it onto the film’s set.
But the offer came with a warning that if she refused, she would be hit with additional charges. Gutierrez Reed is set to go on trial next month in Santa Fe, N.M., for the death of Halyna Hutchins, the “Rust” cinematographer.
She faces up to three years in prison if convicted on charges of involuntary manslaughter and tampering with evidence. Hutchins was killed in Oct.
2021 while preparing to film a scene with Alec Baldwin, who was holding a gun that fired a live bullet. Gutierrez Reed loaded the gun, which was supposed to contain only dummy rounds.
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