Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed becomes visibly distressed as photos of cinematographer Halyna Hutchin's bloody body are shown in court after Alec Baldwin's gun went off

The armorer accused of letting a live bullet get into Alec Baldwin's gun on a movie set became distressed in court while viewing images of the crew member the actor shot dead.

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed shut her eyes and shook her head as photos of the bloodied body of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins were shown to the jury.

Gutierrez-Reed, 26, put her fingers on her nose and looked down, apparently stifling tears as one of her lawyers rubbed her shoulder to offer comfort.

She is accused of involuntary manslaughter for her role in the accidental death of Hutchins in October 2021 on the set of the Western movie Rust.

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed shut her eyes and shook her head as the photos of the bloodied body of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins were shown to the jury on Tuesday

Hutchins, 42, a mother-of-one, suffered 'significant blood loss' and the injury to her right lung was 'lethal', a doctor testified Tuesday 

Baldwin, 65, who was the lead actor and a producer in the movie, will face a separate trial in July for involuntary manslaughter, which he denies

Gutierrez-Reed has pleaded not guilty at the trial in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Baldwin, 65, who was the lead actor and a producer in the movie, will face a separate trial in July for involuntary manslaughter, which he denies.

Both Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reed face up to 18 months behind bars if convicted. 

Dr. Heather Jarrell, the chief medical investigator at the medical examiner's office in Albuquerque, told the jury that as is standard practice, she took photos of Hutchins's body before cleaning her up.

She told the jury that the images showed a 'gunshot entrance wound to the right armpit region'.

Gutierrez-Reed initially closed her eyes and shook her head and appeared to be upset as the images were shown.

She eventually opened her eyes and looked at the images, which Dr. Jarrell said showed the bullet entered the right armpit.

The cause of death was a gunshot wound to the chest.

Dr. Jarrell said: 'It entered the right aspect of the chest, (went) into right chest cavity, injured some blood vessels, broke one rib, went into right lung and exited the right chest cavity just adjacent to the vertebral column, through the spinal cord, through the soft tissue of the back'

Hutchins, 42, a mother-of-one, suffered 'significant blood loss' and the injury to her right lung was 'lethal', Dr. Jarrell said.

After leaving Hutchins's body, the bullet hit Rust director Joel Souza in the shoulder but he survived.

Dr. Jarrell said that she concluded that the killing was not a homicide, which she described as a 'volitional act caused by another to cause fear, harm or death.'

She said: 'Looking at the material available to me through law enforcement reports it was apparent to me there was no obvious intent to cause death. It doesn't mean there was not negligence.'

Dr. Jarrell said that other medical examiners may have certified the death as a homicide but for her there was a 'clear to me there was a belief on the set the firearm was not loaded with live ammunition.'

Gutierrez-Reed is accused of involuntary manslaughter and is also facing a charge of tampering with evidence

In a dramatic moment, a firearms expert showed off to the jury the actual firearm that Baldwin used to shoot Hutchins

Baldwin was originally charged with involuntary manslaughter but the allegations were dropped in April last year. He was dramatically charged again last month and pleaded not guilty

In a dramatic moment, a firearms expert showed off to the jury a firearm similar to the one that Baldwin used to shoot Hutchins.

Lucien 'Luke' Haag said the gun was in 'proper working order' when it was brought to the FBI for analysis.

Haag checked the gun was clear of bullets when he first took it out the box and checked it again before showing it to the jury.

State District Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer also asked to make sure it was clear before Haag stood in the well of the court and explained the firing mechanism to the jurors.

Haag said that Baldwin could not have fired off the live bullet that killed Halyna Hutchins without pressing the trigger.

Baldwin has repeatedly claimed he never did so and only pulled the hammer back.

But Haag said that there wasn't anything dangerous about the scene Baldwin was shooting when he opened fire 'so long as you don't load (the gun) and pull the trigger'.

Haag is the second gun expert to contradict Baldwin and earlier in the trial Bryce Ziegler, an agent with the FBI firearms unit who examined the gun he used, said the trigger had to have been pressed.

Under questioning from prosecutor Kari Morrissey, Haag said that Baldwin's gun was in 'proper working order' the day Hutchins was shot dead.

Morrisey asked: 'Have you seen any evidence that the full cock hammer notch was filed or modified to allow faster shooting?'

No, said Haag, an expert in reconstructing gun crime scenes who has given evidence in hundreds of cases in the US, Guam, Northern Ireland and Canada.

Baldwin has claimed in one interview that what happened to him was similar to 'fanning', a technique used in Western films to fire multiple bullets at the same time.

Morrisey asked: 'Even if the hammer of the gun was damaged on October 21st of 2021 would the trigger have to be pulled for the gun to fire?'.

Haag said: 'Yes, the trigger would have to be pulled, the hammer would have to be at the full cocked position'.

Haag told the jury he had studied videos of Baldwin pulling the gun from his holster on the set of Rust hours before the fatal shooting.

According to Hagg there was not 'realistically' anything the gun could get caught on as the hammer was so secure it wouldn't budge even if caught on something, while the trigger was 'well shielded'.

The way Baldwin pulled out the gun when he shot Hutchins could be 'very dangerous', the jury heard.

Gutierrez-Reed's lawyer Jason Bowles asked Haag if he had watched the video of Baldwin rehearsing the scene where he accidentally opened fire.

Haag said he had.

Bowles said drawing a weapon across your body as Baldwin did could be 'very dangerous' if the gun was fully cocked.

'If loaded and fully cocked', Haag said.

Having watched the video, you could see Baldwin cocking the gun as he practiced drawing it out the holster, Haag said.

The jury were shown the video of Gutierrez-Reed’s interview by the sheriff Santa Fe, New Mexico, hours after the incident in October 2021

The jury were shown the video of Gutierrez-Reed's interview by the sheriff Santa Fe, New Mexico, hours after the incident in October 2021.

Gutierrez-Reed compared the situation to that which killed the late actor Brandon Lee on the set of the film The Crow in 1993 in Wilmington, North Carolina

She said: 'I can't believe this is the last thing to happen like this since The Crow'.

According to Gutierrez-Reed, she 'checked (the gun) this morning and I was planning on checking after lunch'.

She said: 'None of them (the barrels) had any barrel obstructions'.

Asked by a police officer if she checked all the bullets in the gun, Gutierrez-Reed said: 'I shook all of them and they all showed they were not hot I guess you could say,'  meaning they were not live ammunition.

Gutierrez-Reed called the situation 'f****** insane' and said that she thought a 'wonky' bullet must have been responsible.

She said 'I hate myself' for the fact that Baldwin was the one who pulled the trigger, but she also tried to blame him.

She said: 'They weren't supposed to be pulling the hammer back or anything. It was just supposed to be in the shot. If they wanted it pulled back I had no idea about it'.

The jury was also shown bodycam footage from Cpl Alexandria Hancock from the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office, who attended the aftermath of the incident on the set.

In the footage shot minutes after Hutchins was shot, Gutierrez-Reed said to her: 'Welcome to the worst day of my life. I can't believe Alec Baldwin was holding the gun, that's so f*****.'

Cpl Hancock replied: 'Take a deep breath and we'll work this all out, okay.'

Gutierrez-Reed asked to go to the bathroom and Cpl Hancock accompanied her.

As they did so, Gutierrez-Reed asked to be moved from a marked police car, where she had been sitting, to an unmarked one.

She said: 'I don't want to go back (to that car). I just want to get the f*** out of here and never show my face in this industry again'.

Gutierrez-Reed says she is just 24 and has been doing the job for just nine months.

She said: 'I'm the only female armorer in the game and I've f***** up my career. My dad trained me and I'm a f****** failure'.

Gutierrez-Reed is also facing a charge of tampering with evidence after prosecutors claimed she gave another person a bag of cocaine after a police interview to prevent law enforcement from obtaining it

The jury was shown shocking images of cinematographer's Halyna Hutchins' the blood-stained shirt on Friday

The jury heard that in the days after the fatal shooting, Gutierrez-Reed repeatedly hassled a crew member to get back a bag of cocaine she had given her.

The court has previously heard Gutierrez-Reed gave the crew member, called Becca, a bag of white powder hours after the shooting and asked her to hold onto it.

When Becca got out of the room and realized what it was, she threw it away, the court has been told.

The claims led to the charge against Gutierrez-Reed that she tampered with evidence, which she denies.

The jury was shown texts sent from Gutierrez-Reed to a crew member called Courtney on October 23, 2021, two days after Hutchins was shot dead.

She asked for Becca's phone number which she appears to have been given by Courtney.

In a message on October 23, Gutierrez-Reed asked Becca: 'Hey I might be coming to Albuquerque and was wondering if I can get that stuff'.

A follow up message sent shortly afterwards read: 'Becca, call me when you get a chance'

Becca replied she was in Jemez, New Mexico, working.

On November 7, Gutierrez-Reed wrote to Becca that she was coming to Albuquerque the next day and would be there for a week.

Becca said she was in Roswell, New Mexico, shooting another film.

Gutierrez-Reed replied: 'Hey Becca, mind if my brother in law picks up my things from you after thanksgiving? He lives in Albuquerque'.

On November 13, Gutierrez-Reed wrote to Courtney: 'Could Becca maybe drop off my things to ya'll?'

Courtney replied: 'I asked her to, hopefully she will.'