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PORTSMOUTH -- Former police commissioner Brenna Cavanaugh waived a Thursday arraignment for felonies related to gunshots outside her home last summer and will defend against them during a trial, preceded by a jury viewing at the Summer Street scene.

Cavanaugh’s attorney, Michael Zaino, said he entered not guilty pleas on Cavanaugh’s behalf and waived the May 9 arraignment that was scheduled after revised indictments were brought by a grand jury last month.

Cavanaugh, 43, of 140 Summer St., is a codefendent with Mark Gray, who was indicted for five charges related to the same shooting incident. The charges allege Gray, 44, fired shots at a pickup truck driven by a juvenile who had entered his and Cavanaugh’s shared home at 3:30 a.m. Police said the teen mistakenly thought there was a party there and the shots were fired in Summer Street while the teen was fleeing. Cavanaugh previously said the teen was driving toward her and Gray when the shots were fired.