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Hannah Gutierrez is due to be sentenced on Monday for involuntary manslaughter over the 2021 movie-set death of Halyna Hutchins – Copyright POOL\/AFP\/File Eddie MOORE<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n

Huw GRIFFITH<\/em><\/p>\n

The armorer who loaded the gun that killed a cinematographer on the set of the Alec Baldwin movie \u201cRust\u201d was set to be sentenced Monday by a US court.<\/p>\n

Hannah Gutierrez faces up to 18 months in prison after being found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the October 2021 death of Halyna Hutchins during the filming of the budget Western.<\/p>\n

Gutierrez\u2019s 10-day trial heard how the 26-year-old was ultimately responsible for the presence of six live rounds on the set \u2014 in clear violation of standard movie industry practices.<\/p>\n

It also heard how she had repeatedly failed to follow basic safety rules, leaving guns unattended and allowing actors \u2014 including Baldwin \u2014 to wave weapons around.<\/p>\n

Hutchins was hit by a bullet fired from the Colt .45 revolver that Baldwin was holding for a scene inside a wooden church on the New Mexico set. Director Joel Souza was wounded by the same bullet.<\/p>\n

Baldwin, who was also a producer on the movie, faces his own involuntary manslaughter trial in July. He denies the charge.<\/p>\n

If convicted, he too faces a possible 18 months in prison.<\/p>\n

Dave Halls, the film\u2019s safety coordinator and assistant director, who handed Baldwin the loaded gun, agreed to a plea deal with prosecutors last year and was sentenced to six months\u2019 probation.<\/p>\n

The tragedy sent shock waves through Hollywood and led to calls for a complete ban on the use of weapons on movie sets.<\/p>\n

Industry insiders, however, insisted that rules were already in place to prevent such incidents, and that those working on \u201cRust\u201d had not followed them.<\/p>\n

\u2013 \u2018Russian roulette\u2019 \u2013<\/p>\n

The blockbuster trial last month, which was followed closely in US and international media, heard how Gutierrez was routinely lackadaisical on set.<\/p>\n

Prosecutor Kari Morrissey said she was often not present when scenes involving firearms were being filmed, and would leave guns unsupervised.<\/p>\n

Gutierrez allowed herself to be hurried by Baldwin, and mixed up different kinds of ammunition on the props tray, allowing live rounds and dummy bullets to freely intermingle.<\/p>\n

It was a genuine bullet that she put in Baldwin\u2019s gun as the actor, Souza and Hutchins prepared for a scene.<\/p>\n

Hutchins, who was 42 at the time of her death and the mother of a young child, was standing near the camera that would be used to film the scene.<\/p>\n

The bullet passed through her chest and hit Souza, the director.<\/p>\n

Hutchins was airlifted to a hospital but declared dead that day, having suffered massive bleeding.<\/p>\n

\u201cFolks, if she\u2019s not checking the dummy ammunition\u2026 to make sure that those rounds\u2026 are in fact dummy rounds, this was a game of Russian roulette every time an actor had a gun,\u201d Morrissey said during the trial last month.<\/p>\n

Gutierrez, who displayed no emotion during her two-week trial, has been in custody since the verdict.<\/p>\n

The filming of \u201cRust\u201d was halted by the tragedy, but completed last year on location in Montana.<\/p>\n

The cinematographer\u2019s widower, Matthew Hutchins, has already settled a wrongful death suit with \u201cRust\u201d producers. He served as an executive producer.<\/p>\n

No release date has been set for the movie.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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