'Rust' armorer found guilty

AT KTLA DOT COM SLASH ELECTION. >> A JURY IN NEW MEXICO HAS CONVICTED HANNAH GUTIERREZ-REED OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER FOR THE DEADLY ON-SET SHOOTING OF THE FILM'S CINEMATOGRAPHER HALYNA HUTCHINS GUTIERREZ-REED WAS THE FILM'S ARMORER THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR FIREARM SAFETY AND STORAGE ON THE MOVIE SET KTLA SAMANTHA CORTESE JOINS US IN THE NEWS CENTER WITH MORE ON TODAY'S VERDICT, SAM. >> SARAH AND PROSECUTORS SAY THE ARMORER WAS SO NEGLIGENT SHE WAS PLAYING A QUOTE GAME OF RUSSIAN ROULETTE EVERY TIME AN ACTOR HAD A GUN WITH DUMMY ROUNDS. >> GUILTY OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AND ONE HANNAH GUTIERREZ REED WAS THE ARMORER IN CHARGE OF HANDLING WEAPONS ON THE SET OF THE MOVIE RUST CRIMINALLY HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REAL BULLETS THAT WERE UNKNOWINGLY LOADED INTO A GUN USED BY ACTOR PRODUCER ALEC BALDWIN. >> THAT GUN WAS FIRED AT CINEMATOGRAPHER HALYNA HUTCHINS. >> KILLING HER SON GIVES YOU IDEA OF WHAT WAS GOING ON THAT MORNING IN THIS VIDEO PLAYED IN COURT BALDWIN WAS REHEARSING FIRING THE GUN FROM A CHURCH PEW ON THE NEW MEXICO SET IN 2021. >> PROSECUTORS SAY GUTIERREZ-REED WAS NOT TRYING TO KILL HUTCHENS BUT SHE WAS NEGLIGENT. >> HANNAH GUTIERREZ SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE DANGER INVOLVED BY HER ACTIONS. SHE KNEW. THIS WAS COMPLETELY FORESEEABLE SHE WAS TRAINED FIREARMS. SHE KNOWS WHAT WE ALL KNOW. GUNS CAN KILL YA. YOU'VE GOT TO BE REALLY CAREFUL. THE 26 YEAR-OLD ALSO FACED A SECOND CHARGE OF TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE SHE ALLEGEDLY HANDED A SMALL BAG OF DRUGS TO ANOTHER CREW MEMBER AFTER THE SHOOTING TO AVOID DETECTION. SHE WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY ON THAT COUNT REACHED JURORS SPOKE WITH MEDIA AFTER THE VERDICT AND SECOND, MEAN. >> TAKE RESPONSIBILITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE WEAPON SAYING. YOU'RE IN CHARGE OF THOSE. THAT'S THAT'S YOUR JOB. LACK OF WHAT EVERYONE CALL IT. YOU TOOK THE JOB GUTIERREZ-REED WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND NOW FACES UP TO A YEAR AND A HALF IN PRISON. NEVER DID THE SAFETY CHECKS. NEVER CHECKED THE ROUNDS TO PULL THEM OUT TO LOOK AT HIM SHAKE THEM. >> I MEAN IF YOU'VE DONE THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN. >> NOW THE FOCUS SHIFTS TO ALEC BALDWIN, THE RUST ACTOR AND PRODUCER HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A GRAND JURY IN NEW MEXICO. SAME CHARGES 2 COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. LAWYERS TELL ME HIS TEAM WAS WATCHING THIS CASE CLOSELY TO

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Length: 2min 42sec (162 seconds)

Published: Thu Mar 07 2024