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6 days ago
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- Yahoo
'Rust' armorer jailed after death on Baldwin film set granted parole
May 25 (UPI) -- The armorer for the Alec Baldwin film Rust has been granted parole and released after serving time in prison for the accidental, on-set shooting death of the film's cinematographer in October 2021. Halyna Hutchins was shot dead by Baldwin, who was handling a prop revolver that unexpectedly discharged during an on-set rehearsal in New Mexico. The weapon is believed to have been mistakenly loaded with a live round. Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the armorer responsible for the handling of on-set weapons, was sentenced to 18 months in prison, the maximum penalty allowed. She served her sentence at the Western New Mexico Correctional Facility. But Deadline and Variety reported Sunday that Gutierrez-Reed had served 85% of her 18-month sentence, a minimum state requirement for parole, and received extra marks for good behavior and the completion of a drug rehab program. Gutierrez-Reed signed out of the prison Friday morning and has returned to her home in Arizona's Bullhead City, about 100 miles south of Las Vegas, where she will serve out her parole, slated to end in May 2026. The armorer has also specifically been ordered not to have contact with members of Hutchins' family as part of her parole and is prevented from owning guns. Gutierrez-Reed is continuing to appeal her conviction through the New Mexico court system.
Pink Villa
6 days ago
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Rust Shooting Update: Here's Why Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed Must Stay Away From Victim's Family After Parole
Trigger Warning: This article contains references to d*ugs, manslaughter, and violence. The armorer of the Rust Shooting case was granted parole last week, and now she is expected to stay away from the victim's family. Following her prison sentence of 18 months and extra points for good behavior, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was granted freedom, according to the New Mexico Department of corrections. The armorer on the sets of the Alec Baldwin starrer also completed her d*ug rehab program. Gutierrez-Reed was headed right to her home in Arizona and is expected to serve her parole there. As for one of the conditions of her parole, she will not meet the family of the victim, Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer. Other conditions of Hannah's parole include that she has to find a job, in the year that she is out of jail, submit to the curfew, and cannot own guns or any other weapons. Moreover, the armorer has to keep in contact with the parole officer and agree to constant monitoring. As for the case, Gutierrez-Reed was found guilty of the charges of involuntary mansl*ughter. Alec Baldwin too faced a trial following the death of Hutchins. However, the actor never had to go to prison, as the jury declared him not guilty.
UPI
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- UPI
'Rust' armorer jailed after death on Baldwin film set granted parole
May 25 (UPI) -- The armorer for the Alec Baldwin film Rust has been granted parole and released after serving time in prison for the accidental, on-set shooting death of the film's cinematographer in October 2021. Halyna Hutchins was shot dead by Baldwin, who was handling a prop revolver that unexpectedly discharged during an on-set rehearsal in New Mexico. The weapon is believed to have been mistakenly loaded with a live round. Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the armorer responsible for the handling of on-set weapons, was sentenced to 18 months in prison, the maximum penalty allowed. She served her sentence at the Western New Mexico Correctional Facility. But Deadline and Variety reported Sunday that Gutierrez-Reed had served 85% of her 18-month sentence, a minimum state requirement for parole, and received extra marks for good behavior and the completion of a drug rehab program. Gutierrez-Reed signed out of the prison Friday morning and has returned to her home in Arizona's Bullhead City, about 100 miles south of Las Vegas, where she will serve out her parole, slated to end in May 2026. The armorer has also specifically been ordered not to have contact with members of Hutchins' family as part of her parole and is prevented from owning guns. Gutierrez-Reed is continuing to appeal her conviction through the New Mexico court system.
Epoch Times
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Epoch Times
‘Rust' Movie Armorer Released From Prison After Manslaughter Conviction for On-set Shooting
Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the armorer convicted of manslaughter in the fatal shooting on the set of the movie 'Rust,' is released from prison. Gutierrez-Reed was released on May 23 from the Western New Mexico Correctional Facility, after In March 2024, a jury found Gutierrez-Reed guilty of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the 2021 death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. She was also found not guilty on a separate charge of tampering with evidence. At the time of filming, actor Alec Baldwin Prosecutors argued that Gutierrez-Reed was inexperienced and a number of failures led to the tragedy. Related Stories 4/15/2024 7/12/2024 The prosecution said Gutierrez-Reed brought live ammunition on set and inadvertently loaded it into the revolver, adding it was 'the combination of Hannah Gutierrez's negligence and inexperience and Alec Baldwin's complete lack of concern for the safety of those around him.' She was sentenced to the maximum penalty, while Baldwin, who was also charged with involuntary manslaughter, had his case Gutierrez-Reed was granted parole through May of next year, and upon her supervised release in Arizona, she is required to follow parole She is also serving 18 months of supervised probation for a separate The criminal charge stems from an incident in which Gutierrez-Reed carried a firearm into a downtown Santa Fe bar where firearms are prohibited, just weeks before filming for 'Rust' began. Filming was paused for more than a year following the on-set shooting, and production was eventually completed in Montana. 'Talk about the butterfly effect—I wish I never wrote the damn movie,' Souza Despite his hesitations, Souza noted Hutchins' family vouched for its completion and dedicated the movie to honoring her with every cinematic decision. 'Rust' was released in a limited number of theaters across the nation earlier this month and is also through online streaming such as, Apple TV, Prime Video, and other on-demand platforms. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Yahoo
7 days ago
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- Yahoo
Parole Granted For ‘Rust' Armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed Must Stay Away From Halyna Hutchins' Family
The one person who actually went to prison for the 2021 shooting death of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins is free just weeks after the tragedy suffused Alec Baldwin starring indie Western premiered and then promptly disappeared in a cloud of box office dust earlier this month. According to the New Mexico Department of Corrections, the film's armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was granted parole earlier this week and released on May 23. Having served the state statute required 85% of her 18-month sentence and received extra marks for good behavior and the completion of a drug rehab program, records show Gutierrez-Reed having signed out of the Western New Mexico Correctional Facility on Friday morning. She quickly headed to her home in Bullhead City, Arizona where she will serve out her parole. More from Deadline Alec Baldwin, Heather Graham, Cuba Gooding Jr. Set To Attend Filming Italy Sardegna Festival Alec Baldwin & Nick Cannon Flick 'Hollywood Heist' Heading To Cannes Market With VMI 'Thunderbolts*' Settles At $76M Opening, 'Sinners' Full Of Grace With $33M, 'Rust' Not Good - Sunday AM Box Office Update A very situation specific part of that parole is that Gutierrez-Reed cannot have contact with Hutchins' widower, child or any other member of the filmmaker's family. The stepdaughter of famed movie gun coach Thell Reed, the relatively inexperienced Gutierrez-Reed was charged with involuntary manslaughter and evidence tampering out of Hutchins' death from a gun in Baldwin's hand going off. Even before Gurierrez-Reed was charged in January 2023, the prosecution claimed the armorer was responsible for live rounds ending up on the Rust set. In a production under intense budget and time crunches, and film crews quitting, those live rounds got into Baldwin's 1880s Colt .45 replica that that fired during rehearsals on the Bonanza Creek set, striking Hutchins and director Joel Souza. With her parole stretching from May 23, 2025 to May 23, 2026, the twentysomething Gutierrez-Reed has to get a job, as well as submit to a curfew, and mental health assessment as some of the conditions of her parole. She also can't own guns, has to meet regularly with a parole officer and agree to electronic monitoring. In point of fact, Gutierrez-Reed is under what's called dual supervision. That shakes down as a year for her involuntary manslaughter convictions and a year and a half for a different charge of 'unlawfully' entering a firearm banning Santa Fe bar before Rust went into production with a gun on her. On March 6, 2024, a Sante Fe jury found the Rust armorer guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal October 21, 2021 shooting. Despite the state's best effort, the jurors' decision was split as they decided the defendant was not guilty of evidence tampering. Six weeks later, Gutierrez-Reed was sentenced to 18 months bars. Baldwin never ended up spending a second in prison, nor even a full week before a jury in his own case last summer. The media frenzy matter was tossed out four days in by the judge due to evidence suppression by the prosecution and local cops. All appeals have been dropped, though the 30 Rock actor and now reality star in January filed paperwork to pursue a civil rights violations lawsuit against the special prosecutors. Gutierrez-Reed continues to have appeal of her conviction moving through the New Mexico courts. Her defense lawyer Jason Bowles did not respond Saturday to request for comment from Deadline on his client's release from prison. Finding a new cinematographer in Bianca Cline, the eventually finished Rust debuted at a Polish film festival in December 2024. The movie finally found U.S. distribution via Falling Forward Films, with a short lived domestic theatrical run starting on May 2. Best of Deadline 'Poker Face' Season 2 Guest Stars: From Katie Holmes To Simon Hellberg Everything We Know About Amazon's 'Verity' Movie So Far Everything We Know About 'The Testaments,' Sequel Series To 'The Handmaid's Tale' So Far
