Arizona armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed sentenced in fatal shooting on 'Rust' movie set

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, 27, was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Monday in the 2021 movie set shooting death of Halyna Hutchings.

Though the fatal shot was fired by actor Alec Baldwin, a jury found that Gutierrez-Reed, who lives in Bullhead City, was guilty of involuntary manslaughter after Hutchins, a cinematographer for the movie 'Rust,' died when the gun Baldwin was holding went off.

Gutierrez-Reed has been in custody since the Santa Fe jury found her guilty on March 6. The movie set armorer faces up to 18 months in prison and a $5,000 fine for her role in the accidental shooting death of Hutchins, a cinematographer on set of the low-budget Western, in October 2021. Gutierrez-Reed's lawyer Jason Bowles requested she be given probation as she had no previous criminal record.

Gutierrez-Reed's legal team recently requested a new trial. In response, state prosecutor Kari Morrissey asked that she be sentenced to the maximum sentence of 18 months due to a lack of remorse, citing phone calls Gutierrez-Reed made from jail in which she said the jury were "idiots" and the judge was "paid off."

Gutierrez-Reed said in court on Monday that her "heart aches" for Hutchins' family, friends and the film industry at large.

"I am saddened by the way the media sensationalized our traumatic tragedy and portrayed me as a complete monster, which has actually been the total opposite of what's in my heart," she said.

Baldwin's trial for his role in the shooting death of Hutchins begins July 10. He was indicted in January for involuntary manslaughter.

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USA TODAY reporter Taijuan Moorman contributed to this article.

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