Fleury's lawyer says he was released from a Northampton hospital on Thursday.
12.06.2010 | Former Pelham Police Chief Edward B. Fleury at the start of his trial in Hampden Superior Court in Springfield on manslaughter charges in the 2008 accidental shooting death of 8-year-old Christopher Bizilj of Ashford, Conn. at a gun fair in Westfield, Ma.SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A former western Massachusetts police chief is due back in a Springfield courtroom for a manslaughter trial connected to the death of an 8-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself with an Uzi submachine gun.
Former Pelham Police Chief Edward B. Fleury is expected in Hampden Superior Court on Friday morning for jury selection. The trial was put on hold last week when Fleury was hospitalized for chest pains as jury selection began.
Fleury's lawyer says he was released from a Northampton hospital on Thursday. It's not clear what his medical ailment is.
Fleury has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of Christopher Bizilj of Ashford, Conn. The boy shot himself in the head in 2008 at a gun fair in Westfield sponsored by Fleury's company.
If enough jurors are selected Friday the trial can go ahead next week. But no prospective jurors are called for jury duty over the two weeks beginning Monday, so if a jury is not selected Friday no other prospective jurors would be available until Jan. 3.