New Mexico Judge Weighs Whether to Compel Testimony From Movie Armorer in Alec Baldwin Trial

New Mexico Judge Weighs Whether to Compel Testimony From Movie Armorer in Alec Baldwin Trial
Alec Baldwin emcees the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award Gala at New York Hilton Midtown in New York on Dec. 9, 2021. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP Photo
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SANTA FE, N.M.—A New Mexico judge is scheduled to consider at a Friday hearing whether to compel a movie set armorer to testify at actor Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial for the fatal shooting nearly three years ago of a cinematographer during rehearsal for the Western movie “Rust.”

Prosecutors are seeking a court order for Hannah Gutierrez-Reed to testify with immunity for her against related prosecution. Ms. Gutierrez-Reed was convicted in March of involuntary manslaughter for her role in the shooting of Halyna Hutchins at a movie-set ranch.