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Sandy Hook massacre first responder dies due to COVID-19 By Fox 13 News staff Published  Retired Trooper Patrick Dragon (Photos: Connecticut State Police) HARTFORD, Conn. - A retired Connecticut state trooper, who was one of the first to respond to the Sandy Hook massacre back in 2012, has died due to COVID-19, authorities said. Connecticut State Police said retired Trooper First Class Patrick Dragon died Saturday at a Hartford hospital. Dragon entered the police training academy in 1998, and...

The Foster Police Department announced on its Facebook page Sunday, that dispatcher Patrick Dragon died Saturday night after a battle with COVID-19. The post by Chief David J. Breit says that Dragon, a retired Connecticut State Trooper and Deputy Chief of the East Brooklyn, Connecticut Fire Department, was "a great person, kind, caring and a friend to all who met him."  Breit continued, "The men and women of the Foster Police Department, express our deepest sympathies to Patricks family."