Rust film set shooting: gun armorer’s trial to start in New Mexico

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, 25, faces involuntary manslaughter and tampering charges over incident in which Alec Baldwin fatally shot cinematographer

The trial of a gun armorer on the New Mexico film set where the actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer while rehearsing a scene for the neo-western Rust in October 2021 is set to start on Wednesday with jury selection.

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, 25, faces involuntary manslaughter and tampering charges for loading a fully functioning .45 revolver with dummy rounds and at least one live round - then handing the gun to Baldwin, who was pointing it at Halyna Hutchins when it went off. The bullet also injured the director Joel Souza.