‘Rust’ Armorer Released From Prison

A film armorer convicted within the deadly taking pictures of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film Rust was launched from a New Mexico jail on Friday after finishing an 18-month sentence.

Jail information present Hannah Gutierrez-Reed signed out of the Western New Mexico Correctional Facility in Grants to return residence to Bullhead Metropolis, Arizona, on parole associated to her involuntary manslaughter conviction within the loss of life of Halyna Hutchins in 2021.

Gutierrez-Reed is also being supervised underneath phrases of probation after pleading responsible to a separate cost of unlawfully carrying a gun right into a licensed liquor institution.

Baldwin, the lead actor and coproducer for Rust, was pointing a gun at Hutchins throughout a rehearsal on a film set outdoors Santa Fe when the revolver went off, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.

A jury convicted Gutierrez-Reed of involuntary manslaughter in March 2024. Gutierrez-Reed has an enchantment of the conviction pending in the next court docket. Jurors acquitted her of allegations she tampered with proof within the Rust investigation.

Prosecutors blamed Gutierrez-Reed for unwittingly bringing dwell ammunition onto the set of Rust and for failing to observe primary gun security protocols.

Gutierrez-Reed carried a gun right into a downtown Santa Fe bar the place firearms are prohibited weeks earlier than Rust started filming.

The phrases of parole embody psychological well being assessments and a prohibition on firearms possession and possession.

An involuntary manslaughter cost in opposition to Baldwin was dismissed at trial final yr on allegations that police and prosecutors withheld proof from the protection.

The filming of Rust was accomplished in Montana. The Western was launched in theaters this month.

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