Overview

• An Essex County judge issued the restraining order on July 1 after Fitzsimmons’s fiancé alleged she posed a danger to him and their infant son
• Three North Andover officers say they were met with gunfire around 6:30 p.m. Monday, and one returned fire, striking Fitzsimmons once in the chest
• Fitzsimmons was medflighted to a Boston hospital where she is listed in stable condition and is barred from her fiancé’s home and the fire department through at least July 14
• She had been placed on administrative leave following a March involuntary commitment for postpartum depression and had her carry license restored on June 18
• State Police detectives under Essex DA Paul F. Tucker are interviewing officers in the ongoing investigation, and her fiancé’s petition for full custody of their newborn remains pending