Judge to consider compelling previously convicted movie set armourer to testify at actor Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial
A New Mexico judge is scheduled to consider at a Friday hearing whether to compel a movie set armourer to testify at actor Alec Baldwin ’s involuntary manslaughter trial for the fatal shooting nearly three years ago of a cinematographer during rehearsal for the Western movieProsecutors are seeking a court order for Hannah Gutierrez-Reed to testify with immunity for her against related prosecution.
Also during Friday’s hearing, Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer is expected to weigh two defence requests to scuttle the trial on arguments that Baldwin had no reason to believe the gun could contain live ammunition and that it was heavily damaged during FBI forensic testing before it could be examined for possible modifications that might exonerate the actor.
During the fatal rehearsal on Oct. 21, 2021, Baldwin was pointing the gun at Hutchins when it went off, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza, who survived. Baldwin says he pulled back the gun’s hammer but did not pull the trigger. At Gutierrez-Reed’s trial, an FBI expert testified the gun was fully functional with safety features when it arrived at an FBI laboratory. The expert said he had to strike the fully cocked gun with a mallet and break it for the gun to fire without depressing the trigger.
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