The North Andover police officer shot by a colleague after she allegedly pointed a pistol at him during a confrontation in June will remain in jail before her trial after a single justice on the state’s highest court ruled against her this week, court records show.

Kelsey E. Fitzsimmons, 28, who has pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon in connection to the June 30 shooting at her North Andover home, was released from custody in September after spending several weeks in the hospital and in jail.

But Essex Superior Court Judge Kathleen McCarthy-Neyman vacated her release just a few days later after her attorney raised concerns about an alcohol monitoring condition.

Lawyers for Fitzsimmons appealed the decision to the state Supreme Judicial Court, and Justi

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