Witness at Trial Recounts Fatal Shooting of Cinematographer by Alec Baldwin

Witness at Trial Recounts Fatal Shooting of Cinematographer by Alec Baldwin
Defendant Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, former armorer on the set of the movie "Rust", walks back to her seat after speaking with District Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer before her trial at District Court in Santa Fe, N.M., on Feb. 26, 2024. Luis Sánchez Saturn0/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP, Pool
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SANTA FE, N.M.—Testimony at trial Monday turned emotional and argumentative as an eyewitness recounted the fatal 2021 shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin during a movie rehearsal and described gun misfires, crew members walking out and a “ludicrous” pace of work.

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who was the armorer for the upcoming Western movie “Rust,” is fighting charges of involuntary manslaughter and tampering with evidence at a trial that entered its third day of testimony Monday. A trial date was set for Baldwin in July on a single charge of involuntary manslaughter in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. He has pleaded not guilty.