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'Rust' armorer Hannah Gutierrez sentenced to 18 months in prison

Hannah Gutierrez leaves for a break as her her attorneys Todd Bullion and Jason Bowles, left, confer in Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer's courtroom at 1st Judicial District Courthouse on Feb. 22, 2024, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

A New Mexico judge on Monday ordered "Rust" movie weapons handler Hannah Gutierrez to serve 18 months in prison — the maximum sentence — for her role in the accidental shooting death of the western film's cinematographer two and a half years ago in New Mexico.

In March, a Santa Fe, New Mexico, jury found Gutierrez, 26, guilty of involuntary manslaughter in Halyna Hutchins' death during a rehearsal for a scene with Alec Baldwin, who was pointing his prop gun at her when it discharged. Prosecutors have alleged that Gutierrez brought the live ammunition to the film's set and loaded it into Baldwin's gun.

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