Pleaded Not Guilty: ‘Rust’ Manslaughter Incident

The tragic death of a cinematographer caused a halt to the film Western Movie Rust. According to The Tribune, Halyna Hutchen was inadvertently shot with a gun that was never meant to be loaded with live ammunition. The weapons supervisor,Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in New Mexico court. Along with Alec Baldwin, pleaded not guilty on the involuntary manslaughter charge.  Joel Souza, film director, felt emotional as he look back to the incident when providing testimony. He was also struck by the bullet before it hit the cinematographer, Halyna Hutchen, that leads to the conviction of involuntary manslaughter.