Rust armourer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed sentenced to 18 months in prison 

Hannah Gutierrez, the armourer on the sets of Rust, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison on charges of involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 shooting case that led to Halyna Hutchins' death.

Though Alec Baldwin pulled the trigger, a jury said Gutierrez-Reed had erroneously loaded a live round into a revolver he was using on the Santa Fe, New Mexico, movie set.

Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer addressed phone calls Gutierrez-Reed made from jail, citing comments she made to family and friends as evidence she had failed to take accountability.

"In your allocation, you said you were sorry but not … sorry for what you did," Marlowe Sommer said. "It was your attorney that had to tell the court that you were remorseful.

"The word remorse: a deep regret coming from a sense of guilt for past wrongs," she continued. "That's not you."

Gutierrez-Reed has been in custody since the Santa Fe jury found her guilty on March 6, following a multi-week trial.

Gutierrez-Reed faced up to 18 months in prison and a $5,000 fine for her role in the accidental shooting death of Hutchins who was the cinematographer on set of the low-budget Western, in October 2021.

Gutierrez-Reed's lawyer Jason Bowles requested she be given probation as she had no previous criminal record.

On Monday, Gutierrez-Reed made a statement before the court, saying her "heart aches" for Hutchins' family, friends and the film industry at large. She requested the judge sentence her to probation, noting she would accept any classes she ordered.

"I am saddened by the way the media sensationalized our traumatic tragedy and portrayed me as a complete monster, which has actually been the total opposite of what's in my heart," she said.

Post verdict, her legal team now plans to appeal her prison sentence 'on multiple grounds'.

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Halyna Hutchins' family reacts to the sentencing

Attorney Gloria Allred, who is representing Hutchins' parents and sister, said in a statement that Gutierrez-Reed's sentence is "appropriate" given the armourer's "failure to express any remorse herself at the hearing" and "her attitude in many jailhouse calls."

"The family just wanted justice for Halyna, and today the court handed down the maximum sentence possible under New Mexico law," Allred said. "We now look forward to the trial of Alec Baldwin where a different jury will decide if Alec Baldwin is or is not guilty of involuntary manslaughter. We look forward to a just result in the next criminal case."

The Hutchins family's attorney Gloria Allred shared statements and videos from the family, from Kyiv, Ukraine.

"Time does not heal. ... It gets worse and worse," Olga Solovey, Hutchins' mother, said in Ukrainian, adding that none of the people involved in Hutchins' death have expressed their sympathy to her.

"Halyna was the best daughter on this earth," said Solovey in a separate statement. "After this tragedy, my life has been split into two — before and after. ... I have hope that the guilty, those that are responsible for the death of my daughter, will be punished fairly and sentenced justly."

Alec Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter trial to begin in July

Actor-producer Alec Baldwin will face trial in July for his role in the shooting death of Hutchins. The trial is scheduled to begin on July 10. He was indicted in January of involuntary manslaughter.

Hutchins was fatally shot when Baldwin pointed his gun at the cinematographer and a live round went off as she set up a camera shot. The incident also left the film's director Joel Souza injured. Baldwin has since then denied pulling the trigger. The FBI and an independent firearms expert have found the gun would not have fired without the trigger being pulled.