“Rust” Movie Armorer Gets Sentenced To 18 Months

CBS News reports:

The “Rust” armorer who last month was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the deadly shooting of Halyna Hutchins, the film’s cinematographer, was sentenced in a New Mexico state court today to 18 months’ imprisonment.

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed received the maximum penalty for her part in the 2021 tragedy that several experts have since characterized as a preventable incident, where actor Alec Baldwin discharged live rounds from a prop gun on the movie set during a rehearsal.

Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer handed down the sentence to conclude an emotionally-charged hearing Monday morning. Authorities took Gutierrez-Reed into custody once the verdicts were read. Her defense blamed the film’s management for the shooting.

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BREAKING: “Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed is sentenced to 18 months in prison in the 2021 fatal on-set shooting. https://t.co/HWUajnG7LN

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