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SANTA FE, N.M. – Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was emotional and cried throughout her court hearing on Monday. The “Rust” armorer was sentenced to 18 months — the maximum possible punishment — for her involvement in the negligent shooting death of Halyna Hutchins by Alec Baldwin in 2021.
New Mexico District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer sentenced the 26-year-old Gutierrez-Reed after she was convicted of involuntary manslaughter last month, the New York Post reported.
“A conditional discharge is not appropriate,” Judge Sommer told Gutierrez-Reed. “The second option — leaving you in the detention center — is giving you a pass you do not deserve … you alone turned a safe weapon into a lethal weapon. But for you, a husband would have his wife and a little boy would have his mother.”
During trial, jurors heard evidence about how Gutierrez-Reed flouted gun safety protocols, which allowed a live round to end up in the handgun Baldwin was using for the film.
Baldwin’s trial is scheduled for July. His legal team received a view of what to expect since it will involve the same judge and prosecutors as well as many of the same witnesses, the Associated Press reported.
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