Judge rejects effort to compel new evidence from armourer in Alec Baldwin trial

Actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer during rehearsal for the Western movie Rust (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

A judge in New Mexico has denied a request to use immunity to compel evidence from a movie set armourer in the involuntary manslaughter trial of actor Alec Baldwin who fatally shot a cinematographer during rehearsal for the Western movie Rust.

Armourer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was convicted in March of involuntary manslaughter for her role in the shooting of Halyna Hutchins on a movie set ranch and she was sentenced to 18 months in prison.