Negligence or Scapegoating? Trial of ‘Rust’ Armorer Begins in Fatal Shooting by Alec Baldwin

Published on February 23, 2024

SANTA FE, N.M.—Prosecutors sought to pin blame on a movie weapons supervisor for bringing live ammunition on set and “unprofessional and sloppy” work that contributed to the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin during production of the film “Rust,” as the first trial in the death began Thursday. Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who was the armorer for the Western movie, has pleaded not guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter and tampering with evidence in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on Oct. 21, 2021, during rehearsal on a movie ranch outside Santa Fe. Mr. Baldwin, who was pointing the gun at Hutchins when it went off, killing her, and wounding director Joel Souza, is separately fighting a charge of involuntary manslaughter. No trial date has been set....

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