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‘Rust’ Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed’s Involuntary Manslaughter Trial Goes To Jury After Closing Arguments: “Negligent” & “Careless” Vs. “Convenient Scapegoat” – Update
Rust Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed cant blame Alec Baldwin or anyone else for fatal; live rounds getting on movie set, prosecution says
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed had a “complete lack of understanding of her role of safety on this movie set,” declared the prosecution in their closing argument today in the Rust ’ s armorer’s involuntary manslaughter trial for the fatal October 21, 20201 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. “Her entire job is to be responsible for exactly that,” stressed special prosecutor Kerri Morrissey in a presentation full of grimy evidence as props and photos of guns on the New Mexico set of the Alec Baldwin starring indie Western. Noting Gutierrez-Reed’s previous gig as an armorer on the Nicholas Cage flick The Old Way and the involvement of her stepdad veteran film gun coach Thell Reed in her burgeoning career, Morrissey summed up her theory of how live rounds got on the set.
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