Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was charged with involuntary manslaughter and tampering with evidence in connection to the fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins. While rehearsing on the set of the Western film in 2021, Alec Baldwin unknowingly fired a live round that killed the cinematographer. Director Joel Souza also was injured in the incident. Months after all of his charges were dropped, the actor had been recharged with involuntary manslaughter — and he plans to fight the charge.
Alec isn’t the only one battling it out in court. Gutierrez-Reed pleaded not guilty to the charges against her, and the trial started on Thursday. And prosecutors went in on the 25-year-old armorer! Prosecutor Jason Lewis said during opening remarks:
“We believe that it was the negligent acts and failures of the defendant that resulted in both the acts that contributed to Miss Hutchins’ death and the live rounds being brought onto the set.”
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On top of the alleged negligence on set, Lewis accused Gutierrez-Reed of tampering with evidence. He told the jury she had been in her hotel room when another crew member came over to check up on her following the death of Halyna. And what happened next was shocking! Gutierrez-Reed allegedly gave her co-worker a bag of cocaine and asked her to “hang on to it for her.” What?! Does this mean she potentially had been on cocaine around the time the shooting happened? Prosecutors seem to think so.
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