Rust armourer Hannah Gutierrez has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter following the fatal shooting of the film’s cinematographer on set.
She was found not guilty of evidence tampering.
Gutierrez was in charge of weapons during production of the Western film in New Mexico in October 2021, when a gun fired by star and co-producer Alec Baldwin went off during a rehearsal.
Hannah Gutierrez, pictured during the trial, was in charge of weapons on the Rust set. Pic: Luis Sanchez Saturno/Santa Fe New Mexican/AP
Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died following the incident, while director Joel Souza was injured.
Involuntary manslaughter means causing someone’s death due to negligence, without intending to.
Gutierrez and Baldwin (below) pictured on set in the aftermath of the shooting. Pics: Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office/AP
Jurors sitting on Gutierrez’s trial in Santa Fe reached their verdict after hearing evidence from dozens of witnesses, including eyewitnesses, FBI evidence analysts and an ammunition supplier to Rust, as well as Mr Souza.
The filmmaker said the noise of the shooting was “deafening” and “felt like someone had taken a baseball bat to my shoulder”.
Assistant director David Halls, who last year entered a plea bargain for negligent use of a deadly weapon, receiving a six-month suspended sentence, also gave evidence.
Baldwin, the third person charged over the shooting, is facing a separate trial, scheduled for July, having pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter.
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