Overview
- The case, which reached closing arguments Thursday, now moves to deliberations by Judge Jeffrey Karp because Fitzsimmons waived a jury.
- Officer Patrick Noonan testified that Fitzsimmons pointed her service pistol at him, pulled the trigger with a click, then tried to chamber a round before he fired two shots.
- Fitzsimmons testified that she aimed the gun at herself in a suicide attempt and never pointed it at an officer, framing her actions within severe postpartum depression.
- During the prosecution’s summation Thursday, the assistant district attorney pointed Fitzsimmons’ weapon in court and pulled the trigger to mimic a click, arguing a round was later found in the chamber and calling her a liar about not racking the slide.
- There is no body‑camera footage in this case, so the judge is relying on witness testimony, limited home surveillance video, and weapon evidence from an encounter that began as officers served a restraining order transferring temporary custody of the couple’s infant.