Posted on 05/24/2025 1:05:59 PM PDT by Navy Patriot
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the armorer convicted in the tragic on-set shooting death of a cinematographer during the filming of Alec Baldwin’s film "Rust," has been released from a New Mexico prison.
Gutierrez-Reed was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in March 2024 for her role in the incident, where a live round discharged from a prop gun that Baldwin was handling in 2021. The shooting also injured director Joel Souza.
The "Rust" armorer has an appeal of the conviction pending in a higher court. Jurors acquitted her of allegations she tampered with evidence in the "Rust" investigation.
She was released from the Western New Mexico Correctional Facility after serving her full 18-month sentence.
Gutierrez-Reed signed out of prison in Grants to return home to Bullhead City, Arizona, on parole related to her involuntary manslaughter conviction in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
The terms of parole include mental health assessments and a prohibition on firearms ownership and possession.
Prosecutors argued that Gutierrez-Reed had unwittingly brought live ammunition onto the set of "Rust" and failed to follow basic gun safety protocols.
She is also being supervised under terms of probation after pleading guilty to a separate charge of unlawfully carrying a gun into a licensed liquor establishment.
Gutierrez-Reed carried a gun into a downtown Santa Fe bar, where firearms are prohibited, weeks before "Rust" began filming.
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Baldwin regularly addressed her as "My Patsy", showing much affection.
Watch out.
Alec Baldwin has a “Salvation” target on his back.
Yep, two tier justice system.
Aric barwin is the one that should be in jail. And apparently the movie is out. Nope for us!
Baldwin should be in a Hardcore Prison.
This was sooooo wrong.
Celebrities are above the law though. Even when it is they who pulled the trigger.
wonder why she wasn’t given bond until the results of the appeal? ...
The Little People.
In California courts, bond is always denied to people named “Patsy”.
As the executive producer, director, chief-of-staff, and lone financier of ‘Rust’, Baldwin is responsible for what happens/happened on that set. Hannah got the shaft because she was low hanging legal fruit.
They both should have been in jail.
We’ve found that out the last four years. Celebrities get away with all!
wonder if he feels guilty that he served no time
wonder if he has learned anything from this
He’s out searching for the real killer.
Correct.
If Baldwin was rehearsing a suicide scene... he would have checked the weapon. Since he didn’t it is negligennt manslaughter.
Baldwin deserved to spend every day that “Patsy” did
Was she negligent in general on set? I think the evidence seems to indicate that.
Was this particular incident her fault, not really cause she never inspected the gun before the guy gave it to Baldwin and said it was cold.
She went to prison because she wasn’t smart enough to walk off the job. You’re either a set armorer or you’re not, and when anyone, including the director tells you to violate standards, you walk away.
She failed to do that, and became Patsy.
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