Hannah Gutierrez-Reed is a “scapegoat” for the 2021 on-set killing of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, the accused armorer’s defense lawyer told a Santa Fe jury today. ...

“You’re going hear again Mr. Baldwin — one of the lead producers, head actor in the movie, who really controlled the set — you’re going to hear that he violated some of the most basic gun-safety rules you can ever learn,” Bowles asserted of the multiple Emmy winner. “From a young age, we all learn you don’t point a gun at somebody ever unless you want to shoot them. You treat all guns as loaded, and you keep your finger out of the trigger until you’re ready to shoot. He violated all those.

“It wasn’t Ms. Gutierrez-Reed, it was Mr., Baldwin.”