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They have also accused her of allowing live ammunition on-set.
Gutierrez-Reeds defense is expected to place the blame on Baldwin and negligent set safety conditions.
Baldwin, who is also charged in Hutchinss death,is set to stand trialon July 9.
Both have pleaded not guilty to the involuntary manslaughter counts against them.
Jurors started deliberating in Gutierrez-Reeds trial on Wednesday, March 6.
Who is Hannah Gutierrez-Reed?
Thell eventually brought Gutierrez-Reed to sets and taught her about firearms.
She studied film at Northern Arizona University and graduated in 2020.
Gutierrez-Reeds coursework included cinematography and lighting-design classes, as she wanted to become a cinematographer, per the outlet.
Gutierrez-Reed had just a handful of other film gigs on her resume beforeRust.
She worked as a costume assistant on the 2020 filmMillennium Bugs, according to IMDb.
She worked as Thells assistant on the westernMurder at Yellowstone City.
Gutierrez-ReedsOld Waycolleagues reportedly had mixed sentiments about her work.
Brumbaugh claimed he told the assistant director shes a rookie and needed to be let go.
What allegedly happened on theRustset?
It was said thatassistant director Hallsallegedlyhanded the gunto Baldwin.
She took the gun and locked it in a safe that was in the prop truck.
Baldwin drew the gun and, prosecutors allege, fired the weapon, striking Hutchins and Souza.
Prosecutors insist that the scene required only dummy rounds and not blank rounds.
But the bullet recovered from the scene appeared to be live ammunition, not a dummy round.
What are the charges against her in theRustshooting?
Gutierrez-Reed is charged with involuntary manslaughter.
She is also charged with evidence tampering.
What have prosecutors said about Gutierrez-Reed in the trial so far?
The decisions she made that day ultimately contributed to Ms. Hutchinss death.
These witnesses are going to describe the defendants conduct as unprofessional and sloppy.
Lewis ended his opening by citing Gutierrez-Reeds own words in an interview with law enforcement after the shooting.
She says at the end: I just I dont know.
I wish I would have checked it, Lewis said.
And so do we.
Just because there was a tragedy does not mean that a crime was committed.
It does not mean that Hannah Gutierrez really caused the crimes they have charged her with, Bowles said.
The actor pointed a gun on that set.
He described the set organization as highly unusual, and said that it was the productions fault not Gutierrez-Reeds.
Because shes an easy target.
Shes the least powerful person on that set.
What did David Halls say in his testimony?
Halls ignored me and walked away.
Halls claimed that it was Gutierrez-Reed who gave Baldwin the gun not him.
He said that Gutierrez-Reed handed the firearm to Baldwin twice.
The first time, the bullets were unloaded.
The second time, it was loaded with a few dummies and one live round, Halls reportedly said.
He also said, She took a few steps to Mr. Baldwin and gave … Baldwin the gun.
Another witness who testified on February 29 was former prop manager Sarah Zachry.
Right after the shooting, Zachry testified, she threw out dummies from two guns.
Zachry, who described this as a reactive decision, said she later told authorities about this.
Have any experts testified?
Among them was expert armorer Bryan Carpenter.
Firearms expert Lucien Haag also testified.
the prosecution asked,per the Wrap.
Haag didnt quite describe the federal investigators handling of gun-testing in good terms.
Indeed, Haag said that after rebuilding it, the gun was perfectly functioning.
Has there been any other important testimony?
Seth Kenney, who furnished ammunition to theRustproduction,testifiedon Monday, March 4.
The prosecution asked Kenney whether he ever provided live ammunition to the set, to which he responded No.
They also asked whether he gave live ammunition to Zachry, to which he also responded No.
What happened during closing arguments?
She said there was copious circumstantial evidence that Gutierrez-Reed brought the live ammo onto the set.
Im not telling you Hannah Gutierrez intended to bring live rounds on set, Morrissey reportedly argued.
I submit to you what caused her death is Mr. Baldwin going off script.
No one ever knew there would be a live round on set,NBC News quotedBowles as saying.
The only act is the pointing of the weapon.
Ms, Gutierrez didnt point that weapon.
What is Baldwins role in the trial?
Either way, the Gutierrez-Reed trial is a win-win for Baldwin.
If Gutierrez-Reed is convicted, Baldwins lawyers will argue that she was solely responsible for Hutchinss death.
