Cop Shoots Cop — And the Officer Who Was Shot Is the One on Trial
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Tony Brueski
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🗓️ 20 March 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Kelsey Fitzsimmons is a North Andover, Massachusetts police officer who was shot in the chest by a fellow officer at her own home in June 2025 — and she's the one facing criminal charges. Her trial on assault with a dangerous weapon begins March 23, and today she waived her right to a jury trial, placing her fate entirely in a judge's hands. The circumstances of the case are genuinely contested. Officers say Fitzsimmons pointed her service weapon at them when they arrived to serve a restraining order obtained by her fiancé and remove her infant son. Fitzsimmons says she pointed the gun at herself — that she was in the grip of a postpartum mental health crisis and was trying to take her own life. There is no footage of the moment the gun was raised. Her legal team alleges her ex-fiancé subsequently broke into her home while she was hospitalized and allegedly stole money and personal records — and that prosecutors have declined to charge him. In this listener Q&A, Tony Brueski and retired FBI Behavioral Analysis Chief Robin Dreeke walk a new audience through every layer of this case and take on the questions that get to the heart of it: about mental health, about the system, about accountability, and about what justice looks like when the facts are this disputed.
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| 1:02.1 | This is Hidden Tiller's Live with Tony Brewski and Robin Dree. |
| 1:08.4 | Let's go to another case that's starting to get some traction. |
| 1:11.2 | The trial actually starts up on Monday, and it's a bench trial. |
| 1:15.5 | No jury involved here. |
| 1:17.2 | This is the judge. |
| 1:18.8 | Here's what you need to know about the Kelsey Fitzsimmons case. |
| 1:23.7 | Before we get to your questions, Kelsey Fitzsimmons is a police officer in North |
| 1:27.4 | Andover, Massachusetts. |
| 1:28.9 | She gave birth in February of 2025, and within weeks she was involuntarily committed for postpartum |
| 1:35.3 | depression and surrendered her weapons. By June, her fiancé had filed a restraining order against her, |
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