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“Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was emotionless on Friday as jurors at her involuntary manslaughter trial were shown photos of the blood-soaked T-shirt cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was wearing when she was fatally shot on set and the fatal bullet which passed through her body.
Gutierrez-Reed, 26, stared blankly ahead in the Santa Fe, New Mexico courtroom as prosecutors laid bare the bloodied evidence on day two of her trial.
Jurors were also shown grim images of the blood-stained shirt director Joel Souza had been wearing, as well as the fatal bullet which was recovered from his shoulder, where it had lodged after the incident during rehearsals for the movie on Oct. 21, 2021.
The string of images were flashed on screen as prosecutors grilled crime scene investigator Marissa Poppell about the slew of evidence — including ammunition — she helped collect and package up from the fatal shooting site.
Dressed in a black-pinstriped blazer, Gutierrez-Reed — who prosecutors have already painted as “unprofessional and sloppy” — remained expressionless as the prosecutor established a chain of custody for the physical evidence.
It comes a day after jurors were shown harrowing police body camera footage of the chaotic scene in the wake of the shooting as medics rushed to treat wounded and semiconscious Hutchins and load her into an ambulance.
Gutierrez-Reed has pleaded not guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter and tampering with evidence in Hutchins’ death.
Her defense attorney, Jason Bowles, has argued the young armorer isn’t to blame and, instead, is being smeared and unfairly scapegoated.
He had earlier told jurors Gutierrez-Reed had to perform two jobs on “Rust” while being rushed — and requests for help went unanswered by her manager.
Prosecutors, meanwhile, have said they plan to present evidence the weapons supervisor brought prohibited live ammunition onto the set, which ultimately landed in “several of the actors’ costumes.”
The trial is slated to run through March 6 with more than 40 potential witnesses.
Baldwin, the lead actor and a co-producer on “Rust,” doesn’t appear on pretrial witness lists.
The Hollywood A-lister has maintained he never pulled the trigger on the gun, causing it to fire. However, FBI testing has claimed that was not possibe.
Baldwin is separately fighting a charge of involuntary manslaughter, though no trial date for him has been set.
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