Lawyers in case of shooting on Alec Baldwin set spar over dismissing charges

Movie set armourer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed faces charges including involuntary manslaughter after the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins (Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office via AP)

Prosecutors are urging a judge in Santa Fe not to throw out charges of involuntary manslaughter against a movie weapons supervisor involved in the 2021 fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal for the film Rust.

At an online hearing scheduled for Tuesday, defence lawyers for Hannah Gutierrez-Reed will counter that the charges should be dismissed, after accusing the prosecution of sloppy work and public grandstanding that violates their client’s rights to due process.