‘Rust’ Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed Launched from Jail

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the movie armorer convicted of involuntary manslaughter within the deadly taking pictures on the set of Rust, was launched from jail on Friday, Could 23.

Gutierrez-Reed, 27, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter within the dying of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in March 2024. She was acquitted of a further cost of tampering with proof.

She was answerable for weapons and firearms used on the Western movie set, when a loaded prop revolver was provided to Alec Baldwin, ensuing within the taking pictures dying of Hutchins in 2021. Baldwin’s case was dismissed in July 2024.

A spokesperson for the New Mexico Division of Corrections confirmed she was launched in Arizona to a area close to the Nevada and California borders, per NBC News. PEOPLE reached out to the NMDC for additional remark however didn’t instantly hear again.

In 2023, a grand jury indicted Gutierrez-Reed on a felony cost of bringing a firearm right into a New Mexico bar on Oct. 1, 2021. This conviction resulted in 18 months of probation.

She served 18 months in jail for the involuntary manslaughter conviction within the Rust taking pictures following her 2024 sentencing. Gutierrez-Reed was held at Western New Mexico Correctional Facility in Grants, N.M.

Gutierrez-Reed was launched beneath the situation of twin supervision beneath probation and parole authorities to happen concurrently, spokesperson Brittany Roembach instructed the outlet. She will likely be on parole within the manslaughter case for a yr, via Could 23, 2026.

She is required to comply with the circumstances set forth by the board, a few of which embody electrical monitoring, following a curfew, and both getting a job or enrolling in class, per her certificates obtained by CBS News.

Gutierrez-Reed acquired the utmost sentence for her position in Hutchins’ dying, throughout which Baldwin fired 5 rounds from a loaded prop gun that might kill her and injure director Joel Souza.

In January 2023 ahead of her trial, her protection attorneys Jason Bowles and Todd J. Bullion mentioned in an announcement, “Hannah is, and has at all times been, very emotional and unhappy about this tragic accident. However she didn’t commit involuntary manslaughter.”

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“These costs are the results of a really flawed investigation, and an inaccurate understanding of the complete info,” they added. “We intend to carry the complete reality to mild and consider Hannah will likely be exonerated of wrongdoing by a jury.”

Reed has but to touch upon her launch.