Stare-Down in Court: Cop Faces Assault Trial in Fiancé’s Restraining-Order Case

In Lawrence, MA, North Andover Officer Kelsey Fitzsimmons is on trial for assault with a deadly weapon after a June 2025 confrontation during an officer serving a restraining order on her fiancé, who had won custody of their infant; fellow officer Patrick Noonan testified that Fitzsimmons pointed a loaded gun at him and tried to shoot to reach her fiancé, but the gun jammed and Noonan fired, striking her chest. Fitzsimmons’ defense says she was suffering severe postpartum depression and may have been preparing to harm herself, and she has requested a bench trial as the judge decides guilt.