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The bullet that killed her also struck the film’s director, Joel Souza, in the shoulder. The 51-year-old was taken by ambulance to Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center for treatment and released later that evening, per the New York Times.
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, 27, the daughter of a veteran Hollywood weapons expert who was serving as the armorer on the Rust set, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter (and not guilty of evidence tampering) in March. She was sentenced to the maximum possible, 18 months in jail, on April 15.
Her attorneys appealed her conviction in May, as well as filed to have her released from jail while the process played out, arguing in their motion that Gutierrez-Reed—who pleaded not guilty at trial—was “not a danger to the community or a flight risk.”
