SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A jury convicted a movie weapons supervisor of involuntary manslaughter Wednesday in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal on the set of the Western movie “Rust.”.
Immediately after the verdict was read in court, the judge ordered the 26-year-old armorer placed into the custody of deputies.
Baldwin, the lead actor and a co-producer on “Rust,” was indicted by a grand jury in January on a charge of involuntary manslaughter.
Prosecutors said at trial that Gutierrez-Reed unknowingly brought live ammunition onto the movie set, and it remained there for at least 12 days before the fatal shooting, giving the armorer plenty of time to remove it.
Jury hears closing arguments in trial of armorer over fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin AP correspondent Margie Szaroleta reports on closing arguments in the involuntary manslaughter trial for the armorer on the Alec Baldwin movie “Rust.”.
Prosecutors also contended that the armorer repeatedly skipped or skimped on standard gun-safety protocols that might have detected the live rounds.
Defense attorneys said the cluttered supply office was not searched until a month after the shooting, undermining the significance of physical evidence. »
