The weapons supervisor on the film produced by Alec Baldwin where cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was accidentally shot dead has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter.
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed had pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter and evidence tampering in the case, which was related to the 2021 incident on the set of Rust. Gutierrez-Reed was found to have allowed a live bullet to get into the gun through negligence. Baldwin then used the gun to accidentally shoot dead Ms Hutchins and wound director Joel Souza.She was found guilty of manslaughter but not of evidence tampering, after the jury deliberated for two hours.
Baldwin was first charged over the fatal incident in January 2023, before the charges were dropped because of evidence suggesting the gun had been modified to allow it to fire without its trigger being pulled.But prosecutors picked up the case again after new tests showed this may not be the case.