The chief of weapons of the Alec Baldwin film, in which the director of photography died, was sentenced to 18 months in prison
Eighteen months in jail. This is the sentence that has been handed down to Hannah Gutierrez, the gun chief of the western film ‘Rust’, for the death of cinematographer Halina Hutchins, whom actor Alec Baldwin was handling with a revolver during the shooting of the film in 2021.
In March, 27-year-old Gutierrez was announced guilty of culpable homicide According to a Monday report by Reuters news agency, the revolver that Baldwin was using on a film set in Santa Fe (New Mexico) was accidentally loaded with cartridges.
The tragic accident that shocked Hollywood first in modern history In which a member of the film crew or cast was killed by a projectile accidentally loaded into the weapon.
Baldwin’s trial is scheduled for 10th JulyAfter a grand jury indicted him for involuntary manslaughter in January.
lack of remorse
Gutierrez, stepdaughter of exhibition shooter, stuntman, gunman and film consultant in Hollywood thal reed, New Mexico District Court Judge Mary Marlow Sommer handed down the sentence. His attorney, Jason Bowles, had sought probation for him, but prosecutors argued for a full 18 months due to his lack of remorse.
Prosecutor Kari Morrissey referred to a telephone call made by Gutierrez from prison in which he assured jurors that “Idiot” And that the judge was “bribed” and blamed Baldwin and others for what happened. The gun chief had already spent a month in Santa Fe County Jail following her sentencing.
The sentence comes a month after a Santa Fe jury It will take less than two hours to declare him guilty. Last March 6. A juror later claimed that Gutierrez had not done his job to ensure gun safety on set.
Initially, Hutchins’s death led to the creation of American film and television productions. They will stop using real firearms and blank ammunition, According to experts, after two and a half years, many people use them again because of their realistic effects.
a fatal bullet
Hutchins was fatally shot when Baldwin pointed his gun at the cinematographer as she was preparing a scene during the filming of the movie ‘Rust’. While Gutiérrez’s trial lasted three weeks, the prosecutor’s office accused him of inadvertently introducing Colt 45 cartridge on set The low-budget film remained strictly prohibited by the safety guidelines of the Screen Actors Guild for almost a century.
Bowles reported that Gutierrez has been Scapegoat for “chaotic production” In which he was not given time to check the weapon. In this context, they have attributed Hutchins’ death to the reckless use of firearms by the film’s screenwriter, producer Baldwin, and his efforts to speed up and control filming.
actor refused to pull the trigger And emphasized that he had asked her to point the camera. For their part, the FBI and an independent firearms expert confirmed that the gun would not have fired if it had not been suppressed.
Film historians like Alan Roday go back at the beginning of the last century Finding examples of deaths caused by ammunition accidentally loaded into the handguns of Hollywood actors or crew members.
The last time there were fatal on-set shootings was that of actors Brandon Lee in 1993 and John-Eric Hexum in 1984. empty pills,
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