Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, responsible for managing weapons on the filming of the western Rust, prosecuted for involuntary manslaughter and tampering with evidence. Alec Baldwin had pointed a weapon supposed to contain only blank bullets, but a very real projectile had killed the director of photography Halyna Hutchins and injured the director.
The filming of Rust turned into drama in October 2021 on a ranch in New Mexico, in the southwest of the United States. The actor denies pulling the trigger and has always maintained that he was assured his weapon was harmless.