Live court video, updates: Day 2 of trial for ex-North Andover police officer Kelsey Fitzsimmons

Tuesday, 3:22 p.m.

• The judge will head to the home tomorrow as the Commonwealth is looking to rest their case. Defense will be up next.

Tuesday, 3:14 p.m.

• Michelle steps down from the stand. Defense asks for a view of the scene. Judge said he’s not opposed, but it’s not common in bench trials. Court is in recess to talk about procedures.

Tuesday, 3:05 p.m.

• Defense asks Michelle if Kelsey said she was meeting Justin that day, and she said that’s what Kelsey told her. She agrees the North Andover Common is near Hunter’s home.

Tuesday, 3:03 p.m.

• She said she went over Justin friend’s house, Hunter. Justin had decided there to get a restraining order. She said she saw her drive by the home.

Tuesday, 3:02 p.m.

• She said she spoke to Kelsey the day of the incident. She was crying over the phone and said she “needed Justin.”

Tuesday, 3:00 p.m.

• Michelle Mitchell, friend of Kelsey, takes the stand.

Tuesday, 3:00 p.m.

• Houston steps down from the stand.

Tuesday, 2:54 p.m.

• Defense questions Houston. He agrees that he felt like Fitzsimmons was surprised to see them there, and she was trying to get Houston away from her as she handed him items.

Tuesday, 2:51 p.m.

• Officer Timothy Houston says Fitzsimmons kept saying, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”

Tuesday, 2:38 p.m.

• Houston said he heard gunshots and ran upstairs. He saw Noonan upstairs, who told him, “she pointed a gun at me, pulled the trigger, and racked the slack.” He said Noonan responded, “she pulled a gun on me,” which the defense says is two different statements.

Tuesday, 2:37 p.m.

• Kelsey said he told him he wanted Justin to leave as he arrived at the home.

Tuesday, 2:34 p.m.

• Officer Timothy Houston said Kelsey said to her as they were upstairs gathering the baby’s belongings, “who’s downstairs with my baby?” And he said, “I’m assuming it’s your mom.” She responded, “that’s not my mom’s voice.” Houston said he found another gun case that was empty and she said, “I told you they’re downstairs.”

Tuesday, 2:19 p.m.

• Officer Timothy Houston takes the stand. He said he stayed in touch with her personally when she was on leave, and he was invited to her wedding. He was called to the home the day of the incident to serve the restraining order.

Tuesday, 2:17 p.m.

• Bonasoro steps down from the stand.

Tuesday, 2:10 p.m.

• Defense is asking questions to Detective Michael Bonasoro about the bullets, and what guns they matched up to. Defense says not everything is identified in the evidence documents which Bonasoro agrees to. “Sometimes it says what it’s from, other times its omitted,” the defense says. “Yes,” Bonasoro replies.

Tuesday, 2:05 p.m.

• Detective Michael Bonasoro is back on the stand.

Tuesday, 12:47 p.m.

• Defense prepares to ask Bonasoro questions. Court is now in recess.

Tuesday, 12:42 p.m.

• Detective Michael Bonasoro gives a demonstration with the gun. He says if there were no bullets in the chamber of the gun, you would hear a click from the gun.

Tuesday, 12:34 p.m.

• Bonasoro says he found that Officer Patrick Noonan’s weapon was the weapon that discharged two of the bullets he found. He said he found that there were no malfunctions with the gun that he found at the top of the stairs, which was Fitzsimonns’ gun.

Tuesday, 12:31 p.m.

• Court is back in session. Bonasoro says he took Officer Patrick Noonan and Officer Timothy Houston’s firearm. He said he inspected Lt. Sean Daley’s firearm, and his was fully loaded.

Tuesday, 12:23 p.m.

• Court takes a five-minute recess.

Tuesday, 12:14 p.m.

• Bonasoro responded to the scene to take photos and take evidence from the scene, including firearms and ballistics. A spent projectile was recovered in the curtains. Bonasoro noted there was damage to the air conditioner, but never a spent projectile found. In total Bonasoro recovered two discharged cartridge casings, and one spent projectile.

Tuesday, 12:00 p.m.

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

Tuesday, 11:58 a.m.

• The defense is now asking Corr questions. 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 okay and asked if she had gotten “a round off you” and Noonan told him, “I don’t know.”

Tuesday, 11:52 a.m.

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

Tuesday, 11:50 a.m.

• Corr says the woman downstairs was screaming, but when he got upstairs, he saw Lt. Sean Daley, Officer Patrick Noonan, and Officer Timothy Houston all performing first aid. He was told by Noonan to secure Fitzsimmons’ firearm that was sitting on a “white looking bookshelf.”

Tuesday, 11:48 a.m.

• Officer Steven Corr says he was on another call when the incident happened. He said he received a call from Lt. Sean Daley and could hear him say, “shots fired” and a woman screaming. He said when he pulled up, 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.

• Defense asks for a side bar.

Tuesday, 11:43 a.m.

• Prosecution offers recross, asking Noonan if he had prior knowledge of Fitzsimmons being sectioned before. Prosecution also asks if he told his fellow officers about what happened.

Tuesday, 11:41 a.m.

• The defense also read prior testimony from Noonan regarding the shooting: “She reached up and grabbed my hand and asked why, and she looked right through me, like a death stare.

“You didn’t say anything about that in your testimony before, did you?” the defense asked.

Noonan said he did not remember.

Tuesday, 11;36 a.m.

• The defense brings up a call Officer Patrick Noonan and Kelsey Fitzsimmons both were on, which was a murder suicide. The defense brings up the two texted after the incident and says it was a “somewhat personal and intimate conversation.” Noonan agreed that he shared with her that “he had a guy he’s been going to for years”. as he had once been in a really dark place before but says ”I was being a senior officer trying to help out a rookie."

Tuesday, 11:34 a.m.

• North Andover Officer Patrick Noonan says he was not drugged tested after the shooting and was put on leave. He said he was also permitted to work on paid details. He was also given a reprimand letter that he was called in to sign.

Tuesday, 11:25 a.m.

• Judge allows North Andover Police Officer Patrick Noonan back on the stand after the defense requests permission to ask him questions about drug testing him being placed on leave after the shooting.

Tuesday, 11:09 a.m.

• The court is back in session after morning recess.

Tuesday, 10:36 a.m.

• North Andover Police Officer Patrick Noonan steps down from the stand. The court then takes a break for morning recess.

Tuesday, 10:25 a.m.

• North Andover Police Officer Patrick Noonan testifies that he fired two shots at Fitzsimmons, who buckled over and lowered her weapon to the ground.

Tuesday, 10 a.m.

• North Andover Police Officer Patrick Noonan testifies, “She [Fitzsimmons] pointed a gun at 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 to face questioning from the defense.

Tuesday, 9:20 a.m.

• The court is back in session for Day 2 of testimony.

PREVIOUS STORY

The trial started Monday with opening statements and testimony as the prosecution and defense offered sharply contrasting accounts of what happened inside her home in June 2025.

The incident occurred while Fitzsimmons was being served a restraining order filed by her former fiancé. Prosecutors allege she pulled the trigger of her firearm, but the weapon failed to discharge because there was no round in the chamber. Responding officers subsequently 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 gunfire

North Andover Police Lieutenant Sean Daley was the first witness called to the stand. He testified that he heard another officer, Patrick Noonan, shouting commands moments before gunfire broke out.

“I heard officer Noonan call out in like a loud authoritative voice Kelsey, don’t do it, Kelsey, don’t do it, Kelsey,” Daley said.

Officer Noonan ultimately opened fire, striking her once in the chest.

While Daley was not in the room when the shooting occurred, he testified that he later discovered Fitzsimmons on the ground with a firearm nearby.

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

A member of the prosecution team stated that there are two reasons that Noonan is alive today.

The first reason cited was that Fitzsimmons’ gun had no round in the chamber despite a full magazine. The second was Noonan, “reacting in a calm professional way when he protected both himself and everyone else in that house,” the prosecutor said.

Defense presents a different narrative

The defense team presented a different interpretation of the events, suggesting Fitzsimmons was experiencing a mental health crisis and intended to harm only herself. They argued the shouts heard by witnesses were attempts 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 are uttered” during that time.

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

Evidence and testimony highlight first day of trial

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

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 his son’s life,” explaining why he sought the restraining order and ran from the scene.

Video shown in court depicts moments before and after the shooting, when three officers — Lt. Sean Daley, Officer Patrick Noonan, and Officer Timothy Houston — arrived at her home to serve the order.

[ New video shown in court shows moments after officer shot Kelsey Fitzsimmons, fiancé running ]

Surveillance footage also shows Aylaian dropping items in the basement he intended to bring with him before running from the home, while Fitzsimmons’ mother — who was also present — called after him.

Additional video shows officers moving in and out of the home before taking Fitzsimmons outside and rushing her to the hospital.

Judge, not jury, will decide the case

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

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