Commonwealth v. Read — Trial ArchiveTim Nuttall
Also known as: Nuttall
Tim Nuttall is a Canton firefighter-paramedic who responded to the 911 call reporting an unresponsive male at 34 Fairview Road on January 29, 2022. He was one of the first medical professionals to examine John O'Keefe, documenting his injuries and initiating emergency care. His testimony centers on two things: the physical condition of O'Keefe when first responders arrived, and his account of hearing Karen Read say 'I hit him' at the scene — a statement he did not record in any report and first disclosed to Trooper Proctor ten days after the incident.
Trial 1 vs Trial 2
Trial 2 featured significantly expanded cross-examination of Nuttall, stretching across two separate cross proceedings and two rounds of recross, compared to a single cross in Trial 1. Jackson introduced new material in Trial 2, including dash cam video shown to Nuttall for the first time during a prep meeting with Brennan, which Jackson used to directly contradict Nuttall's account of Karen Read's position during CPR. Jackson also surfaced the discrepancy in Nuttall's count of how many times he heard 'I hit him' — two in Trial 1 testimony, three in Trial 2 — and pressed on the new detail that Nuttall claimed to have heard the statement 'in the background' in addition to directly, a claim that did not appear in his earlier accounts.