Overview
- Prosecutors rested their case Wednesday after three days of surveillance video and police testimony, and Kelsey Fitzsimmons took the stand to deny pointing a gun at a colleague during last June’s restraining-order call.
- Fitzsimmons told the judge she tried to kill herself during a mental health crisis tied to postpartum depression and said she raised the weapon to her head.
- Officer Patrick Noonan testified earlier in the week that she aimed at him, pulled the trigger as an empty chamber clicked, worked the slide to load a round, and he then fired twice, striking her once.
- With no body-camera footage in North Andover, the bench trial has leaned on home surveillance clips and firearms forensics, including a round found in the chamber during evidence processing.
- The court plans a site visit to the home and closing arguments Thursday, with Judge Jeffrey Karp expected to rule soon in a case that left Fitzsimmons hospitalized for 53 days after surgery.