A jury began deliberations on whether a movie weapons supervisor should be held to blame in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal on the set of a Western movie, after attorneys delivered closing arguments Wednesday in the trial of Hannah Gutierrez-Reed.
— A jury began deliberations on whether a movie weapons supervisor should be held to blame in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal on the set of a Western movie, after attorneys delivered closing arguments Wednesday in the trial of Hannah Gutierrez-Reed.
Gutierrez-Reed, a 24-year-old on her second feature film as armorer at the time of the 2021 shooting, has pleaded not guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter and evidence tampering at the trial held in downtown Santa Fe.
The proceedings are a preamble to a scheduled trial of Baldwin in July on a single charge of involuntary manslaughter. The actor, who has pleaded not guilty, was pointing a revolver at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins when the gun went off, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza.
Prosecutors say Gutierrez-Reed unknowingly brought live ammunition onto the set of “Rust” at a ranch on the outskirts of Santa Fe, arguing that rounds lingered for at least 12 days until the fatal shooting.
In closing arguments, prosecutor Kari Morrissey described “constant, never-ending safety failures” on the set of “Rust” and Gutierrez-Reed’s “astonishing lack of diligence” with gun safety.
“We end exactly where we began – in the pursuit of justice for Halyna Hutchins,” Morrissey told the jury.
