'Rust' armorer hit with new evidence tampering charge in fatal shooting case

The armorer for the movie "Rust" is facing a new charge of tampering with evidence related to the transfer of narcotics to another person on the day the film's cinematographer was shot dead in 2021. The lead investigator for the Santa Fe district attorney's office raised serious concerns about the local sheriff's investigation into the shooting and its October 2022 final report. Gutierrez-Reed's lawyer called the new charge "retaliatory and vindictive" and described the email exchange as "beyond troubling," saying it backed his motion for the case to be dismissed.