Day 2 of trial for ex-North Andover police officer Kelsey Fitzsimmons

The assault trial against Kelsey Fitzsimmons, a 28-year-old former North Andover police officer accused of pointing a gun at a co-worker while under a restraining order in June 2025, resumed Tuesday in Lawrence District Court.

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Tuesday, 2:10 p.m.

• The defense asks Detective Michael Bonasoro questions about the bullets and the weapons they matched. The defense says not everything is identified in the documents.

Tuesday, 2:05 p.m.

• Detective Michael Bonasoro is back on the stand.

Tuesday, 12:47 p.m.

• The defense prepares to ask questions of Bonasoro. The hearing is currently suspended.

Tuesday, 12:42 p.m.

• Detective Michael Bonasoro demonstrates the weapon. He says if there were no bullets in the gun’s chamber, you would hear a click coming from the gun.

Tuesday, 12:34 p.m.

• Bonasoro said he discovered that Officer Patrick Noonan’s gun was the one that fired the bullets. He said he found there was no malfunction with the gun he found at the top of the stairs, which was Fitzsimonns’ gun.

Tuesday, 12:31 p.m.

• The court resumes its work. Bonasoro said he took the gun from Officer Patrick Noonan and Officer Timothy Houston. He said he inspected Lt. Sean Daley’s firearm and that his was fully loaded.

Tuesday, 12:23 p.m.

• The audience takes a five-minute break.

Tuesday, 12:14 p.m.

• Bonasoro went to the scene to take photos and collect evidence, including firearms and ballistic evidence. A spent projectile was recovered from the curtains. Bonasoro noted that the air conditioner was damaged, but no spent projectiles were found. In total, Bonasoro recovered two spent shell casings and one spent projectile.

Tuesday, 12:00 p.m.

• Detective Michael Bonasoro of the Massachusetts State Police takes the stand.

Tuesday, 11:58 a.m.

• The defense is now asking Corr questions. The defense asks him if Corr spoke to Noonan about what happened. “I’m sure we talked at some point,” he said.

Tuesday, 11:55 a.m.

• Officer Steven Corr said he asked Noonan if he was OK and asked if she had gotten “a tour from you” and Noonan told him: “I don’t know.”

Tuesday, 11:52 a.m.

• He said there was a box on the bed and it was something he thought he could store the gun in. He took the gun and the box which contained nothing. He said he then took out the ammunition in the gun and the firearm in the box. He said he put the box in the corner.

Tuesday, 11:50 a.m.

• Corr said the woman downstairs was screaming, but when he went upstairs he saw Lt. Sean Daley, Officer Patrick Noonan and Officer Timothy Houston providing all first aid. Noonan told him to secure Fitzsimmons’ firearm which was on a “white shelf.”

Tuesday, 11:48 a.m.

• Officer Steven Corr says he was receiving another call when the incident occurred. He said he received a call from Lt. Sean Daley and could hear him saying “shots fired” and a woman screaming. He said when he stopped, he saw a woman running down the street with a child and a red car.

Tuesday, 11:47 a.m.

• Officer Steven Corr takes the stand.

Tuesday, 11:45 a.m.

• The defense asks for a sidebar.

Tuesday, 11:43 a.m.

• The prosecution offers a cross, asking Noonan if he ever knew about Fitzsimmons’ sectioning. The prosecution also asks whether he told his colleagues what happened.

Tuesday, 11:41 a.m.

• The defense read from Noonan’s earlier testimony about the shooting: “She reached up and grabbed my hand and asked me why, and she looked right at me, like a death stare.” » “You haven’t said anything about this in your testimony before, have you? The testimony asks.

Tuesday, 11:36 a.m.

• The defense cites a call that Officers Patrick Noonan and Kelsey Fitzsimmons were both present at that was a murder-suicide. The defense discusses the two text messages sent after the incident and claims that it was a “somewhat personal and intimate conversation”. Noonan admitted that he told her that “he had a guy he had been dating for years.” because he had been in a very dark place before, but he said, “I was a senior officer trying to help a recruit.”

Tuesday, 11:34 a.m.

• North Andover Officer Patrick Noonan said he was not drug tested after the shooting and was placed on leave. He said he was also allowed to work on paid details. He also received a letter of reprimand which he was asked to sign.

Tuesday, 11:25 a.m.

• Judge allows North Andover police officer Patrick Noonan to return to the stand after the defense asked for permission to ask him questions about drug tests that put him on leave after the shooting.

Tuesday, 11:09 a.m.

• The court resumes its work after the morning break.

Tuesday, 10:36 a.m.

• North Andover police officer Patrick Noonan leaves the stand. The court then breaks for morning recess.

Tuesday, 10:25 a.m.

• North Andover Police Officer Patrick Noonan testified that he fired two shots at Fitzsimmons, who retreated and lowered her gun to the ground.

Tuesday, 10 a.m.

• North Andover police officer Patrick Noonan testified: “She [Fitzsimmons] pointed a gun in my face and pulled the trigger,” Noonan said.

Tuesday, 9:30 a.m.

• North Andover police Officer Patrick Noonan, who shot Fitzsimmons after she allegedly pointed a gun at him, returns to the stand for questioning by the defense.

Tuesday, 9:20 a.m.

• The court resumes its work for the second day of testimony.

PREVIOUS STORY

The trial began Monday with opening statements and testimony, with the prosecution and defense offering sharply contrasting accounts of what happened at his home in June 2025.

The incident occurred while Fitzsimmons was receiving a restraining order filed by her former fiancé. Prosecutors say she pulled the trigger on her gun, but the weapon failed to fire because there was no round in the chamber. Responding officers then shot Fitzsimmons, who survived the encounter.

Fitzsimmons has pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon.

Witnesses describe chaotic moments before shooting

North Andover Police Lt. Sean Daley was the first witness called to the stand. He said he heard another officer, Patrick Noonan, shouting orders moments before shots rang out.

“I heard Officer Noonan yelling like a loud, authoritative voice Kelsey, don’t do it, Kelsey, don’t do it, Kelsey,” Daley said.

Officer Noonan eventually opened fire, hitting her once in the chest.

Although Daley was not in the room when the shooting occurred, he said he later discovered Fitzsimmons on the floor with a gun nearby.

Daley also testified that he heard Fitzsimmons say, “I’m sorry, I want to die,” as the officers provided medical aid.

A member of the prosecution team said Noonan is alive today for two reasons.

The first reason given was that Fitzsimmons’ gun had no cartridge in the chamber despite a full magazine. The second was Noonan, “reacting in a calm and professional manner while protecting himself and everyone else in that house,” the prosecutor said.

Defense presents a different narrative

The defense team presented a different interpretation of events, suggesting that Fitzsimmons was experiencing a mental health crisis and intended to only harm herself. They argued that the screams heard by witnesses were an attempt to prevent a suicide rather than a response to an external threat.

“The evidence here, judge, will show that he was trying to tell her not to kill herself,” a defense attorney said, adding that “the words Kelsey no Kelsey no were uttered” during that time.

Fitzsimmons’ attorneys further argued that she never pointed her gun at the other officers. They attributed his actions to a “brain freeze” brought on by fear of losing his child, his home and his career.

Evidence and testimony highlight first day of trial

“The evidence will show that Kelsey never pointed a gun at him and that it was a mistake, it was a brain freeze, it was a mechanical thing, it was someone seeing a gun and shooting,” the defense said.

Fitzsimmons’ ex-fiancé, Justin Aylaian, who filed the initial restraining order, also testified as a witness on the first day of the trial.

Aylaian told the court Monday that he “feared for his life and that of his son,” explaining why he requested a restraining order and fled the scene.

Video presented in court shows the moments before and after the shooting, when three officers — Lt. Sean Daley, Officer Patrick Noonan and Officer Timothy Houston — arrived at his home to carry out the order.

New video presented in court shows moments after officer shot Kelsey Fitzsimmons, her fiancé running

Surveillance footage also shows Aylaian dropping items in the basement that he intended to bring with him before fleeing the house, while Fitzsimmons’ mother — who was also present — called out to him.

Additional video shows officers entering and leaving the home before taking Fitzsimmons outside and rushing him to the hospital.

The judge, not the jury, will decide the case

The trial is expected to last until Friday. Fitzsimmons chose a bench trial, meaning a judge will decide the verdict rather than a jury.

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