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‘Rust’ Prosecutor Faults ‘Astonishing’ Lack of Gun Safety as Defense Urges Acquittal
The "Rust" prosecutor urged a guilty verdict for armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed, while the defense argued she has been scapegoated.
Attorneys gave their closing arguments in the “ Rust ” trial in Santa Fe, N.M., on Wednesday, with the prosecution urging jurors to find Hannah Gutierrez Reed guilty of involuntary manslaughter and to hold her accountable for an “astonishing” lack of gun safety on the film set. Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey argued that as the film’s armorer, Gutierrez Reed, was in charge of guns on set, and that it was her failure to tell the difference between dummies and live rounds that led to the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. In a police interview, Gutierrez Reed said she brought some dummies that were loose in a bag in her car and were left over from her previous job as armorer on “The Old Way,” a Nicolas Cage film.
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