Kelsey Fitzsimmons pulled the trigger, the gun clicked, but it never went off. That much is agreed on.

The direction that she pointed the gun, however, is a highly contested fact in her criminal case. On Monday, she was indicted in Essex Superior Court on a single count of assault with a dangerous weapon.

Fitzsimmons, a member of the North Andover Police Department currently on administrative leave, was shot in the chest by a fellow department officer who says she pointed the gun at him and pulled the trigger.

He shot her as she attempted to load the weapon after firing an empty round, officials have said.

The officer, Patrick Noonan, was one of three officers serving a restraining order obtained by Fitzsimmons’ fiancé in June.

The shooting left Fitzsimmons hospitalized for nearly tw

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