The lady who provided Alec Baldwin a live prop gun is firing bullets at him, presenting her devastating evidence of his complicity in the 2021 accidental shooting fatality on the Rust set. Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the film’s armorer, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in March and is now refusing to support Baldwin, who is set to appear in court in July.
Continue reading to find out what the gun supervisor was caught saying in a taped phone call from prison!”One of the perks of shooting a western is getting to ride horses on your day off,” she captioned a video showing herself riding a horse on the set of Rust, which was filmed just outside of Santa Fe.On October 21, during a dress rehearsal for the film, the 42-year-old cinematographer found herself on the wrong end of a pretend gun wielded by Alec Baldwin.
The gun, which the film’s lead actor and co-producer had obtained from weapons supervisor Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, fired live rounds, killing Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza. The armorer was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in March 2024, and prosecutors charged him with failing to observe fundamental safety measures. Gutierrez-Reed, 27, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for her actions.
“You were the armorer, the one who stood between a safe weapon and a weapon that could kill someone,” Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer told Gutierrez-Reed. “You alone turned a safe weapon into a lethal weapon.” ‘I never had a problem.’ “I would never point a gun at anyone and pull the trigger on them, never,” Baldwin told ABC News of the sad incident. Insisting he had “no idea” how a live bullet got onto the set of his picture, the 66-year-old actor went on, “Someone put a live bullet in a gun, a bullet that wasn’t even supposed to be on the property.”
Earlier, the 30 Rock star defended himself in front of an audience at the Boulder Film Festival: “When someone whose job it is to ensure the safety of the weapon hands it to someone else whose job it is to be the secondary layer of protection for safety, and they hand it over to you, and you declare that that weapon is safe, that’s how I’ve lived my whole life.” He continued, “I’ve depended on the safety specialists there to declare the pistol safe and pass it over to me.
Never had an issue.” Now that he has the condition, it will not go away. ‘Failure to Accept Responsibility’ The It’s Complicated star, who has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter, is set to stand trial in July at a Santa Fe courthouse. Prosecutors filed a motion to compel Gutierrez-Reed to testify on behalf of Baldwin, who maintains his innocence. However, documents summarizing her prison phone chats to family members and others indicate that her testimony will only complicate the award-winning actor’s future.
On April 12, special prosecutors Kari T. Morrissey and Jason J. Lewis collected and filed paperwork outlining their objections to the woman’s request for conditional release (probation rather than prison term). They are meant to show her “total failure to accept responsibility.” In one of the call summaries, Gutierrez-Reed informs her mother that “if she is subpoenaed to Baldwin’s trial, she will not show up.” According to the document, “Hannah complains that she shouldn’t be subpoenaed if Baldwin didn’t show up for her.”
She also allegedly called Morrissey a “bi***” and referred to the jury members as “idiots” and “a**holes.” In possibly the worst call, Gutierrez-Reed expresses her desire to see Baldwin “in jail.” What are people saying? Devastated by the deaths of the wife and mother, the public is openly expressing their feelings about the horrific tragedy, with many recommending tougher safety standards on set.
One person writes: “This appears to have been a horrific accident because safety guidelines were not followed on site. Mr. Baldwin is not at fault, but the rules must be changed unless people are willing to accept unintentional deaths from movie weaponry. “Russian Roulette?”A second netizen tweets: “Hannah Gutierrez-Reed received the maximum 18-month sentence for her role in the Rust shooting and death of Halyna Hutchins. Her jail calls insulting the jurors and judge influenced her sentence. I can’t emphasize enough why folks should cease discussing their cases on the jail phone.
Another user defends Baldwin, saying, “Obviously, it’s the story, but it’s really not fair to have Alec Baldwin be the face of this tragedy.” He was not in charge of loading the rifle. Safety on set should be treated much more seriously.” A fourth user, referring to Baldwin’s future trial, writes, “You’ll be getting more justice in July.” ‘The Good, the Bad, and the Twisted.
About two months after Gutierrez-Reed was found guilty, Baldwin and his wife Hilaria launched their new reality show, The Baldwins, which would premiere in 2025.”We’re inviting you into our home to experience the ups and downs; the good, bad, wild, and crazy,” Baldwin says in an Instagram video. “Home is the place we love to be most.” What do you think about this story? Please tell us what you think, and then share this story so we can hear what others have to say!