
On October 21, 2021, a tragic incident occurred on the set of the Western film Rust, starring Alec Baldwin. In this incident, a prop gun that was supposed to fire blanks but contained live rounds instead, was discharged by Baldwin, leading to the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and the serious injury of director Joel Souza. Since then, both public opinion and the New Mexican judicial system have been in conflict over who is responsible for this tragedy. Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the armorer on set, was eventually charged with involuntary manslaughter, while Baldwin was declared innocent. However, many people, including Hutchins’ colleagues, felt that justice had not been fully served by this decision.