Rust gunsmith sentenced for fatal shooting of Alec Baldwin – 2024-04-19 14:15:10

by times news cr

2024-04-19 14:15:10

The tragedy occurred when the artist fired a gun that supposedly had a prop bullet, but was actually loaded.

Hannah Gutiérrez-Reedthe gunsmith who worked on the filming of the film RustHe received a conviction for involuntary manslaughterafter being found guilty for the fatal shooting committed by the actor Alec Baldwin contra Halyna Hutchins.

The gunsmith during the recording was in charge of loading the pistol that the American performer received, and which must have had a prop bullet. However, the gun was loaded with live ammunitionso when fired by Baldwin, the discharge ended up hitting the chest of the director of photography, who He finally passed away.

The sentence received by the gunsmith from the movie Rust for fatally shooting Alec Baldwin

The tragedy occurred in October 2021 in New Mexico, and the victim was Halyna Hutchinswho died from the shot, and Joel Souza, director of the film, who was injured by the bullet.

As a result of this unfortunate event, an investigation began that determined that Hannah Gutiérrez-Reed must serve 18 months in prison after classifying her as guilty of involuntary manslaughter.

After this ruling, Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer told him: “You were the gunsmith, the one who stood between a safe weapon and a weapon that could kill someone. Only you turned a safe weapon into a lethal weapon.”

Along the same lines, he said, “If it weren’t for you, Miss Hutchins would be alive. A husband would have her partner and a small child would have her mother.”

For its part, Alec Baldwin He will have his own trial in July, where he also faces a possible 18 months in prison.

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