"Rust" armorer's involuntary manslaughter conviction upheld in fatal on set shooting by Alec Baldwin

An involuntary manslaughter conviction against the armorer in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film "Rust" was upheld by a New Mexico judge on Monday.

Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who was responsible for providing dummy and blank rounds to the movie set, sought to dismiss her conviction or convene a new trial in the shooting death, alleging misconduct and suppression of evidence by law enforcement. She filed her request days after Baldwin's own trial over the 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set outside Santa Fe collapsed due to withheld evidence.

Gutierrez-Reed was convicted by a jury in March in a trial overseen by Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer, who later sentenced her to the maximum 18-month penalty. Gutierrez-Reed already has an appeal of her involuntary manslaughter conviction pending in a higher court.