“Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was sentenced Monday to 18 months in a New Mexico prison, the maximum sentence possible for her conviction on charges of involuntary manslaughter.
The young and inexperienced armorer in charge of guns and ammunition on the set of “Rust” when Alec Baldwin accidentally shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in 2021 was found guilty by a jury last month. She was acquitted on evidence-tampering charges that could have extended her sentence further.
Gutierrez-Reed, now 26, was taken directly to jail just moments after her March 6 conviction, which came after only two hours of jury deliberations.