Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the movie armorer convicted of manslaughter within the “Rust” taking pictures, was launched on parole Friday after serving 14 months in jail.

Gutierrez Reed, 28, served her sentence on the Western New Mexico Correctional Facility. She was launched Friday morning and ordered to go to Bullhead Metropolis, Ariz., the place she lives. Her legal professional, Jason Bowles, declined to touch upon the discharge out of respect for her privateness.

Gutierrez Reed was discovered to have acted with felony negligence when she loaded a reside bullet into Alec Baldwin’s gun on the Western set close to Santa Fe, N.M., in October 2021. Baldwin was holding the gun when it fired, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.

Baldwin — who denied pulling the set off — was additionally placed on trial for involuntary manslaughter final July, however the case was dismissed after the decide realized that prosecutors had withheld proof from the protection. The Santa Fe district legal professional deserted an enchantment of that ruling in December, after the state legal professional common declined to pursue it.

Gutierrez Reed was convicted at a trial in February and March 2024. Prosecutors alleged that the taking pictures was a part of a sample of sloppy and unprofessional conduct, together with permitting actors to wave weapons round and failing to keep up “muzzle self-discipline.”

The protection argued that Gutierrez Reed couldn’t have anticipated {that a} field of inert dummy rounds had been contaminated with a handful of similar-looking reside bullets. The protection additionally alleged that the manufacturing was guilty for chopping corners and for requiring her to do the job of two individuals.

Dummy rounds sometimes comprise a number of BBs that rattle when shaken. Prosecutors argued that had she shaken the entire rounds earlier than loading them into Baldwin’s gun, she would have found that one didn’t rattle. The prosecution additionally alleged that Gutierrez Reed was liable for bringing the reside rounds on set, although the supply of the rounds was closely disputed.

Gutierrez Reed was sentenced in April 2024 to 18 months in jail, the utmost time period for involuntary manslaughter. Till her parole expires subsequent yr, she is barred from shopping for, promoting or possessing firearms. She can be ordered to endure a psychological well being evaluation and to acquire work or enroll in class inside 45 days.

Her case stays on enchantment, because the protection alleged quite a few errors by the trial decide. She individually pleaded responsible to a cost of bringing a gun right into a bar, which didn’t add to her jail time. A number of civil instances additionally stay pending.

David Halls, the primary assistant director who was liable for set security, pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor cost of negligent dealing with of a firearm. He was given six months of unsupervised probation and no jail time. He has since retired from the trade.

“Rust” was accomplished in Montana greater than a yr after the taking pictures. It was given a restricted launch on Could 2, grossing simply $25,000 in 115 theaters.