SALEM — Surveillance video released by defense attorneys for North Andover police officer Kelsey Fitzsimmons allegedly shows her former fiancé breaking into her home while she was hospitalized after she was shot during a confrontation with a fellow police officer last summer.
Fitzsimmons, 28, is facing a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon stemming from a June 30, 2025 incident at her residence on Phillips Brook Road in North Andover during which she was shot. North Andover police had arrived to serve her with a restraining order obtained by her fiancé and the father of her child, Justin Aylaian, when an armed confrontation occurred and a responding officer shot her. Fitzsimmons says she pulled the gun with the intention of shooting herself and never pointed it at her colleague, while the colleague who shot her — breaking her ribs — said he feared for his life after she suddenly brandished a gun and attempted to fire it at him.
In a motion filed Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026, in Essex Superior Court, Fitzsimmons’ defense team alleges that while she was hospitalized following the shooting, Aylaian and three other people forced entry into her home on July 3, 2025.
Surveillance video her attorneys provided to the media shows the group entering the residence after breaking down the front door. The footage shows the group moving through parts of the house, including the basement, around 9:35 a.m. on July 3 before the recording ends.
Fitzsimmons’ defense team alleges several items were taken during the incident, including her laptop, iPad, passport, and a handwritten letter Aylaian previously wrote to Fitzsimmons describing her as an “amazing mother and partner.”
According to the motion, Aylaian allegedly took Fitzsimmons’ laptop to his residence in Stow, where he used it to access her Facebook and email accounts, as well as her Expedia account, checking and savings accounts, and her medical records.
Fitzsimmons’ defense team alleges that, using her stolen laptop, Aylaian transferred about $5,000 from her bank account to his personal account and canceled a trip on Expedia, directing the refund to his personal bank account as well. He then allegedly accessed a release form for Fitzsimmons’ medical records and accessed a change of beneficiary form for her pension.
Prosecutors disputed some of the claims during court proceedings, saying Aylaian had previously asked police to accompany him to the home to retrieve belongings but that officers declined to do so. They also said he contacted police again after the home’s alarm system was triggered.
According to a written statement Fitzsimmons’ father filed in court, he went to the home on the morning of July 3 and discovered it had been broken into. He said Aylaian was present and admitted to entering the home. Fitzsimmons’ father said he repaired surveillance equipment that had allegedly been damaged, conducted an inventory of missing valuables, and secured the remaining property, Boston.com reported.
Fitzsimmons’ father, who owns a security company, had previously changed the locks and installed new surveillance cameras at the North Andover home after she was shot on June 30, the statement said.
According to court documents filed by Fitzsimmons’ legal team, the Essex County District Attorney’s Office declined to bring charges against Aylaian in connection with the alleged break-in, a decision her attorneys called “extraordinary leniency” and a “complete abdication of prosecutorial responsibility.”
Fitzsimmons’ trial is scheduled to begin on March 23.