Rust armourer found guilty of involuntary manslaughter over fatal film set shooting

Rust movie armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed talks with her lawyer Jason Bowles, right, and her defence team (Jim Weber/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP, Pool)

A film set weapons armourer who loaded a gun for US actor Alec Baldwin which fired and killed a cinematographer has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter.

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was found guilty after a two-week trial in Santa Fe, New Mexico, following the fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins on the set of western film Rust in October 2021.