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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
National
Meg James and Anousha Sakoui

‘Rust’ armorer seeks to block special prosecutor in criminal case

Attorneys for “Rust” weapons handler Hannah Gutierrez Reed are seeking to block the appointment of a new special prosecutor after a state lawmaker who had served in that role resigned amid controversy.

Gutierrez Reed’s lawyers on Friday blasted New Mexico 1st Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies’ efforts to hire a new special prosecutor to try to win felony convictions against actor Alec Baldwin and Gutierrez Reed.

In late January, Carmack-Altwies charged Baldwin and Gutierrez Reed with involuntary manslaughter in the October 2021 shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of “Rust,” near Santa Fe. Both Baldwin and Gutierrez Reed have pleaded not guilty.

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