Prosecutors also plan to bring involuntary manslaughter charges against weapons handler Hannah Gutierrez Reed, who loaded the gun. Baldwin has long maintained his innocence, saying in televised interviews that gun safety wasn’t his responsibility and that he did not pull the trigger. Alec Baldwin outside the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office after the shooting on the set of the film “Rust” on Oct. 21, 2021. Armorer Thell Reed and daughter Hannah Gutierrez Reed, who was the armorer on “Rust,” pose together on a film set. In addition to serving as the armorer in charge of guns and gun safety, she was supposed to assist Zachry with the other props.