‘Rust’ Armorer Faces New Charge of Tampering With Evidence

Buildings used on the set of the movie "Rust" near a chapel which will not be used, on the first day that filming resumed after the 2021 shooting death in New Mexico of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, in Livingston, Mont., on April 21, 2023, in a still image from video. Sandra Stojanovic/Reuters

The armorer for the movie “Rust” transferred drugs to someone on the day the film’s cinematographer was shot dead in 2021, special prosecutors said on Thursday as she faced a new charge of tampering with evidence.

Prosecutors said the additional charge against Hannah Gutierrez-Reed related to the Oct. 21, 2021, transfer of “narcotics to another person with the intent to prevent the apprehension, prosecution or conviction of herself.”