A Massachusetts cop is shot by fellow officer after threatening to kill her infant son, and herself... following a drunken outburst. The confrontation occurred during a court-approved order to confiscate her gun.
A South Carolina mom's lie ends with a deputy and her son dead in a shootout. Now, she'd behind bars - accused of setting the stage for a deadly shootout. Plus, forget the 'fast & the furious'...this chase was at a snail's pace! Jennifer Gould reports.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Crime Alart hourly update breaking crime These Now, I'm Jennifer Gould.
A Massachusetts police officer's chilling threats to execute her own
four month old son and then take her own life
exploded into a violent armed confrontation, ending with a fellow
officer firing a bullet into her chest out the back.
(00:24):
Kelsey Fitzsimmons, twenty eight, in North Andover cop, already on
administrative leave, was wounded at her Phillips Brooks Road home
in a shocking showdown stemming from harrowing domestic violence allegations.
Her firefighter fiancee, Justin Eilanian, filed a restraining order detailing
a terrifying drunken outburst on June twenty eighth, where she
(00:46):
allegedly struck him three times in the face. He also
confessed his fears for their infant son, explicitly stating quote,
I fear she will kill the baby at any moment
end quote. He revealed Fitzimmons had threatened to take the
child quote far far away for a long time end quote,
a chilling phrase she reportedly used in past suicidal declarations.
(01:08):
The horror deepened with his claim that during her pregnancy
she had repeatedly punched her own stomach, vowing to kill
herself in the unborn baby. The terrifying confrontation peaked when
three officers, including a supervisor, arrived at her residence to
serve a court approved order which mandated the immediate retrieval
(01:28):
of her firearms. An armed confrontation erupted as one officer
escorted Fitzsimmons. This volatile moment led a veteran cop with
over twenty years of experience to fire a single shot,
striking Fitzsimmons in the chest. She was immediately airlifted to
a Boston hospital, where she remains in stable condition. Here
is Essex County District Attorney Paul Tucker at the news conference.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Court approved restraining orders are sometimes some of the most
dangerous duties that police officers in cover, no matter who
the object of that order is.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Fitzimmons, who had joined the North end Over Police Department
in May of twenty twenty four, has a documented and
troubling history of mental health struggles. Just months prior, in March,
she was hospitalized for postpartum depression following a mental health
episode at home at which she surrendered her service weapon. Shockingly,
(02:23):
she had only just regained her gun license two weeks
before this shooting, after successfully suing Police Chief Charles Gray
to have it restored. The entire incident is now under
investigation by the Massachusetts State Police, seeking to piece together
the full scope of this devastating event. More crime and
Justice news after this, a shocking act of deceit has
(02:51):
ripped through a South Carolina community as a seventy seven
year old mother stands accused of lying to deputies setting
the stage for a deadly ambush where her son ruthlessly
gunned down a young officer. Linda Dennett now faces serious
charges after authorities say her deliberate deception led directly to
(03:13):
the tragic death of Deputy Devon Mason, twenty seven and
the wounding of another officer in a violent early morning
shootout in Darlington County. Her son, Cameron Ray Dennett, twenty five,
was also killed in the exchange of gunfire. The chaos
erupted around one thirty in the morning when Darlington County
deputies arrived at the Dennett family home on Old Timers Court.
(03:37):
They were there to serve active warrants on Cameron for
criminal conspiracy, forgery, and second degree computer crimes. Cameron was
explicitly prohibited from possessing a firearm due to prior charges,
making his presence and potential for violence a critical concern.
According to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, SLED deputies
(03:58):
encountered Linda Dnnett in her bedroom, despite knowing her son
was inside and armed. She allegedly told the officers he
wasn't home and brazenly asked them to leave, directly misleading
them into a perilous situation. Mere moments later, as Deputy
Mason cautiously approached a closed bathroom door, Cameron Ray Dennett
(04:19):
unleashed a barrage of gunfire. Mason was fatally wounded and
his partner was injured, though later released from the hospital
in stable condition. Neighbor Melissa Stokes spoke to ABC fifteen News.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
It's a tragedy, you know that they put their lives
on the line to try to do what's right, and
something like this happened to him.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
Mason, a recent graduate of the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy,
had just completed field training. His death marks the first
time a South Carolina officer has been killed in the
line of duty in over three years. Linda Dennett was
arrested and has been charged with obstruction of justice and
misprision of a felony. Remains held in Darlington County jail.
(05:02):
Kristin Porter twenty eight, Cameron Dennet's girlfriend, was also arrested
at the scene on related charges, but was later released.
And finally, you thought police chases were all high speed thrills, right,
well you better think again, because Caitlin Ray twenty eight
decided to redefine getaway car, leading an armada of cops
(05:23):
on a four hour tortoise paste pursuit in a stolen
Nissan Ultima in Nashville. We're talking seven miles per houri here,
of folks. That is a speed that'll get you honked
at on a jogging path. Ray's grand escape plan just
don't pull over. When finally caught, she reportedly shrugged and said, quote,
I'm already on paper for ten years anyway, end quote.
(05:45):
This fell in with a wrap sheet longer than a
CBS receipt. Casually motored away, hitting spike strips like they
were just speed bumps. Helicopters hovered, sirens wailed, but Ray
just houtered on, proving that sometimes slowest is the hardest
way for the latest crime injustice news, follow the Crime
Alert hourly update on your favorite podcast app with this
(06:07):
crime Alert. I'm Jennifer gool
Crime Alart hourly update breaking crime These Now, I'm Jennifer Gould.
A Massachusetts police officer's chilling threats to execute her own
four month old son and then take her own life
exploded into a violent armed confrontation, ending with a fellow
officer firing a bullet into her chest out the back.
(00:24):
Kelsey Fitzsimmons, twenty eight, in North Andover cop, already on
administrative leave, was wounded at her Phillips Brooks Road home
in a shocking showdown stemming from harrowing domestic violence allegations.
Her firefighter fiancee, Justin Eilanian, filed a restraining order detailing
a terrifying drunken outburst on June twenty eighth, where she
(00:46):
allegedly struck him three times in the face. He also
confessed his fears for their infant son, explicitly stating quote,
I fear she will kill the baby at any moment
end quote. He revealed Fitzimmons had threatened to take the
child quote far far away for a long time end quote,
a chilling phrase she reportedly used in past suicidal declarations.
(01:08):
The horror deepened with his claim that during her pregnancy
she had repeatedly punched her own stomach, vowing to kill
herself in the unborn baby. The terrifying confrontation peaked when
three officers, including a supervisor, arrived at her residence to
serve a court approved order which mandated the immediate retrieval
(01:28):
of her firearms. An armed confrontation erupted as one officer
escorted Fitzsimmons. This volatile moment led a veteran cop with
over twenty years of experience to fire a single shot,
striking Fitzsimmons in the chest. She was immediately airlifted to
a Boston hospital, where she remains in stable condition. Here
is Essex County District Attorney Paul Tucker at the news conference.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Court approved restraining orders are sometimes some of the most
dangerous duties that police officers in cover, no matter who
the object of that order is.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Fitzimmons, who had joined the North end Over Police Department
in May of twenty twenty four, has a documented and
troubling history of mental health struggles. Just months prior, in March,
she was hospitalized for postpartum depression following a mental health
episode at home at which she surrendered her service weapon. Shockingly,
(02:23):
she had only just regained her gun license two weeks
before this shooting, after successfully suing Police Chief Charles Gray
to have it restored. The entire incident is now under
investigation by the Massachusetts State Police, seeking to piece together
the full scope of this devastating event. More crime and
Justice news after this, a shocking act of deceit has
(02:51):
ripped through a South Carolina community as a seventy seven
year old mother stands accused of lying to deputies setting
the stage for a deadly ambush where her son ruthlessly
gunned down a young officer. Linda Dennett now faces serious
charges after authorities say her deliberate deception led directly to
(03:13):
the tragic death of Deputy Devon Mason, twenty seven and
the wounding of another officer in a violent early morning
shootout in Darlington County. Her son, Cameron Ray Dennett, twenty five,
was also killed in the exchange of gunfire. The chaos
erupted around one thirty in the morning when Darlington County
deputies arrived at the Dennett family home on Old Timers Court.
(03:37):
They were there to serve active warrants on Cameron for
criminal conspiracy, forgery, and second degree computer crimes. Cameron was
explicitly prohibited from possessing a firearm due to prior charges,
making his presence and potential for violence a critical concern.
According to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, SLED deputies
(03:58):
encountered Linda Dnnett in her bedroom, despite knowing her son
was inside and armed. She allegedly told the officers he
wasn't home and brazenly asked them to leave, directly misleading
them into a perilous situation. Mere moments later, as Deputy
Mason cautiously approached a closed bathroom door, Cameron Ray Dennett
(04:19):
unleashed a barrage of gunfire. Mason was fatally wounded and
his partner was injured, though later released from the hospital
in stable condition. Neighbor Melissa Stokes spoke to ABC fifteen News.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
It's a tragedy, you know that they put their lives
on the line to try to do what's right, and
something like this happened to him.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
Mason, a recent graduate of the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy,
had just completed field training. His death marks the first
time a South Carolina officer has been killed in the
line of duty in over three years. Linda Dennett was
arrested and has been charged with obstruction of justice and
misprision of a felony. Remains held in Darlington County jail.
(05:02):
Kristin Porter twenty eight, Cameron Dennet's girlfriend, was also arrested
at the scene on related charges, but was later released.
And finally, you thought police chases were all high speed thrills, right,
well you better think again, because Caitlin Ray twenty eight
decided to redefine getaway car, leading an armada of cops
(05:23):
on a four hour tortoise paste pursuit in a stolen
Nissan Ultima in Nashville. We're talking seven miles per houri here,
of folks. That is a speed that'll get you honked
at on a jogging path. Ray's grand escape plan just
don't pull over. When finally caught, she reportedly shrugged and said, quote,
I'm already on paper for ten years anyway, end quote.
(05:45):
This fell in with a wrap sheet longer than a
CBS receipt. Casually motored away, hitting spike strips like they
were just speed bumps. Helicopters hovered, sirens wailed, but Ray
just houtered on, proving that sometimes slowest is the hardest
way for the latest crime injustice news, follow the Crime
Alert hourly update on your favorite podcast app with this
(06:07):
crime Alert. I'm Jennifer gool
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