//Retired Connecticut state trooper, Sandy Hook first responder, dies of COVID-19

Retired Connecticut state trooper, Sandy Hook first responder, dies of COVID-19

A retired Connecticut State Police trooper who was among the first to respond to the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School has died of COVID-19, according to multiple police officials.The CSP says retired Trooper First Class Patrick Dragon, of Brooklyn, Connecticut, died Saturday at Hartford Hospital.Dragon, 50, retired from the state police on Feb. 1, 2018, and was working as a deputy chief