Around two and a half years after the death of a camerawoman on the film set of the western “Rust” with Alec Baldwin, a jury found gun master Hannah Gutierrez-Reed guilty of negligent homicide. On Wednesday, the jury acquitted the 26-year-old of the charge of tampering with evidence at a court in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The verdict was broadcast live on the Internet. The sentence will be announced at a later date.
Gutierrez-Reed faces up to three years in prison. This is the first criminal trial in connection with the incident on the “Rust” film set, in which 42-year-old camerawoman Halyna Hutchins was fatally injured at Bonanza Creek Ranch in October 2021. Director Joel Souza was hit in the shoulder by the same bullet when the shot fired from a prop gun being operated by lead actor Alec Baldwin. A manslaughter trial against Baldwin is scheduled for July.