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Mint Images/Getty Images (SANTA FE, N.M.) — Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez is set to be sentenced on Monday for involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the New Mexico set. She faces up to 18 months in prison for the felony conviction. Her attorneys asked for probation in a sentencing […]

ABC (SANTA FE, N.M.) — “Rust” director Joel Souza recalled the “chaotic” scene and confusion after he and cinematographer Halyna Hutchins were shot on the set of “Rust” during the involuntary manslaughter trial of armorer Hannah Gutierrez. “There was an incredibly loud bang that was not like the half and quarter loads you hear on […]

KOAT (SANTA FE, N.M) — David Halls, the first assistant director for “Rust,” gave emotional testimony Thursday about the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during the involuntary manslaughter trial of armorer Hannah Gutierrez. Actor Alec Baldwin was practicing a cross-draw in a church on the set of the Western movie in Santa Fe, New Mexico, […]

Sam Wasson/Getty Images (SANTA FE, N.M.) — Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the Rust film set armorer charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, is now also being charged with tampering with evidence. On Thursday, state prosecutors in Santa Fe, New Mexico, amended their criminal complaint against the defendant to include […]

Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (SANTA FE, N.M.) — The special prosecutor in New Mexico who investigated the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of “Rust” announced Tuesday she is stepping down. The decision comes weeks after Alec Baldwin’s attorney moved to disqualify the special prosecutor, Andrea Reeb, claiming in […]

Mark Sagliocco/Getty Images for National Geographic (SANTA FE, N.M.) — The accidental shooting on the New Mexico film set of “Rust” spawned a yearlong criminal investigation, multiple lawsuits and heartfelt remembrances of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was tragically killed when a prop gun fired. Multiple people, including star Alec Baldwin, now face charges in connection […]

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (SANTA FE, N.M.) — More than a year after a cinematographer was accidentally shot and killed on the set of the film Rust in New Mexico, the local district attorney will decide whether to press criminal charges against anyone involved in the tragedy. The office of Santa Fe First Judicial District Attorney […]