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Judge sets Alec Baldwin ‘Rust’ armorer trial date in involuntary manslaughter case

“Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed entered a not guilty plea Wednesday to involuntary manslaughter and tampering with evidence charges.

In addition, District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer entered a scheduling order in the case and set the trial dates for Dec. 6-15, 2023. Jury selection will begin on Dec. 5.

Gutierrez Reed worked as the armorer on the set of the Alec Baldwin film where a gun the actor was handling fired and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.  

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Fox News Digital has reached out to Reed’s attorney for comment.

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed’s trial date in “Rust” case was set for Dec. 6. Jury selection will begin on Dec. 5.  (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong  |  Instagram)

In June, Gutierrez Reed was accused of transferring “narcotics to another person with the intent to prevent the apprehension, prosecution or conviction of herself,” in documents obtained by Fox News Digital.

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Hutchins was killed on the New Mexico set of the Western film, and director Joel Souza was wounded by a bullet from a weapon Baldwin was holding while rehearsing a scene in a church on Oct. 21, 2021. Baldwin has denied he pulled the trigger of the gun that killed Hutchins.

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