SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A jury would soon weigh whether a movie weapons supervisor should be held to blame in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin during rehearsal on the set of a Western movie, as attorneys Wednesday delivered closing arguments in the trial of Hannah Gutierrez-Reed. The proceedings are a preamble to a likely trial against Baldwin scheduled for July on a single charge of involuntary manslaughter. "Hannah Gutierrez failed to maintain firearms safety, making a fatal accident willful and foreseeable.”Prosecutors contend the armorer repeatedly skipped or skimped on standard gun-safety protocols that might have detected live rounds on set. Prosecutors say six live rounds found on the “Rust” set bear mostly identical characteristics — and don’t match live rounds seized from the movie’s supplier in Albuquerque. Defense attorneys say the cluttered supply office was not searched until a month after the fatal shooting, undermining the significance of physical evidence there.

Source: Hindustan Times March 07, 2024 18:11 UTC