Rust shooting: Prosecutors charge armourer with evidence tampering

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The murdering bastard Alec Baldwin is going to get away with it.

Prosecutors have charged the Rust film armourer with evidence tampering in
connection to the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed has already been charged with involuntary
manslaughter.

She will face an additional charge in relation to "the transfer of
narcotics to another person", prosecutors said.

Ms Gutierrez-Reed will plead not guilty to the new charge, her lawyer
said, calling it "retaliatory and vindictive".

In court filings, prosecutors allege Ms Gutierrez-Reed transferred
narcotics to another person on 21 October 2021, the day Ms Hutchins was
killed, in order to "prevent the apprehension, prosecution or conviction
of herself", Reuters news agency reported.

Last week, in separate court filings, prosecutors argued Ms Gutierrez-Reed
had probably been hung over during the day of the shooting because she had
drunk alcohol and smoked marijuana in the evenings while the film was
being made.

Ms Gutierrez-Reed's lawyer has said prosecutors have mishandled the case
and resorted to "character assassination". Her attorneys have filed a
motion seeking to dismiss the involuntary manslaughter charge brought
against her.

It comes as the lead investigator for the Santa Fe District Attorney's
office, who is set to step down from his post next month, criticises the
sheriff's office for the way they investigated the shooting and the
conclusions they reached in their October 2022 report.

"The conduct of the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office during and after
their initial investigation is reprehensible and unprofessional," Robert
Shilling wrote in an email sent to colleagues on Tuesday.

"Not I or 200 more proficient investigators than I can/could clean up the
mess delivered to your office in October 2022."

The criticism was made public by Ms Gutierrez-Reed's lawyer, who was
accidentally sent it by prosecutors. The BBC has reached out to the Santa
Fe County Sheriff's Office for comment. Mr Shilling told Reuters he
declined to comment.

The latest court filing comes two months after prosecutors dropped charges
against actor Alec Baldwin, just two weeks before his trial was set to
begin.

He had been charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter after Ms
Hutchins was killed by a live bullet fired from a prop gun he was using
during the filming of Rust in New Mexico.

New Mexico Special Prosecutor Kari Morrissey said "new facts were
revealed" that required further investigation.

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The peon gets blamed for alec Baldwin's terrible behavior.

The weapons supervisor charged with involuntary manslaughter in the
shooting death of a cinematographer on the New Mexico set of the Alec
Baldwin film "Rust" was charged Thursday with evidence tampering for
allegedly passing drugs to someone else on the day of the shooting.

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed "did transfer narcotics to another person with the
intent to prevent the apprehension, prosecution or conviction of herself."
the special prosecutors appointed in the case said in a Santa Fe County
court filing. They gave no further details.

Gutierrez-Reed's attorney Jason Bowles called the move "retaliatory and
vindictive."

It is shocking that after 20 months of investigation, the special
prosecutor now throws in a completely new charge against Ms. Gutierrez
Reed, with no prior notice or any witness statements, lab reports, or
evidence to support it," Bowles said in a statement.
Gutierrez-Reed is the sole remaining defendant in the case after
prosecutors in April dropped an involuntary manslaughter charge against
Baldwin, who was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during
a rehearsal when it went off, killed her and injured director Joel Souza
on Oct. 21, 2021. Prosecutors can still refile charges against Baldwin.

The new charge comes a week after prosecutors alleged in a court filing
that Gutierrez-Reed was drinking and smoking marijuana in the evenings
during the filming of "Rust" and was likely hungover on the day a live
bullet was placed into the gun Baldwin used.

Bowles called that allegation "character assassination" from prosecutors
with a weak case that the defense has asked a judge to dismiss.

In his own filing Thursday, Bowles revealed that he had been accidentally
included on an email to District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies from her
lead investigator in the case, who slammed the law enforcement response to
the shooting.

"The conduct of the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office during and after
their initial investigation is reprehensible and unprofessional to a
degree I still have no words for," Robert Schilling wrote in the email, in
which he said he will be stepping down so special prosecutors can use
their own investigator. "Not I or 200 more proficient investigators than I
can/could clean up the mess delivered to your office."

Bowles said in his filing that the email demonstrates the weakness of the
case against his client. He said it suggests that the prosecution has been
withholding evidence from the defense.

Emails seeking comment from the Sheriff's Office and the special
prosecutors were not immediately returned.

LaKorvo
4 hours ago

Baldwin "was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a
rehearsal when it went off".

No, it didn't just go off, he pulled the trigger while aiming at another
human being.

No one who knows anything about gun safety would do that.

tommY50
4 hours ago

Obviously who loaded the ammo didn't know the difference between a live
round and a blank. Why was there even live rounds there? With all the
special effects, they need live rounds? Someone was really stupid or this
was done on purpose. Was there hanky panky with Baldwin and this girl?
Just finger print the casing and talk with that person. This reminds me of
the Brandon Lee thing in the Crow.

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