Trial In “Rust” Movie Shooting Underway

February 22, 2024 4:34 pm

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors say negligence by a movie weapons supervisor in handling ammunition and weapons during the filming of the Western “Rust” contributed to actor Alec Baldwin fatally shooting a cinematographer during a rehearsal. They delivered an opening statement Thursday as the trial began for Hannah Gutierrez-Reed on charges of involuntary manslaughter and tampering with evidence in the October 2021 death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Gutierrez-Reed has pleaded not guilty to the charges and maintains she’s not directly to blame for Hutchins’ death. Baldwin also has been charged with involuntary manslaughter. A trial date has not been set for him.  (