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After Two Shootings, One Fatal, Police In CT Town To Increase Patrols After Two Shootings, One Fatal, Police In CT Town To Increase Patrols
After Two Shootings, One Fatal, Police In CT Town To Increase Patrols Government officials and police in Connecticut said they are increasing patrols after two shootings over the weekend, one of which left a 27-year-old man dead. The New Haven County shootings in Hamden were "not random acts of violence," said Hamden Mayor Curt Leng and Chief of Police John Sullivan. "The Hamden Police Department will deploy a greater police presence, including high-visibility patrols, in an attempt to prevent future acts of violence and to increase our information network, as it pertains to these incidents," they added.  The first shooting took place around 12 a.m…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Widow Describes Sandy Hook Husband As Her 'Champion' Widow Describes Sandy Hook Husband As Her 'Champion'
Widow Describes Sandy Hook Husband As Her 'Champion' Three days after the death of her husband, Jeremy Richman, his wife, Jennifer Hensel, called the Sandy Hook father her "champion," in a letter posted on a GoFundMe page. The page, started by family and friends, following Richman's suicide on Monday to help Hensel and her two children with expenses, described him as a "dedicated father, husband, son, and friend." The two, who have been together for 28 years, are the parents of Avielle Richman, who was killed in the Sandy Hook tragedy. The couple also had two children after Avielle's death including Imogen, 4, and Owen, 2. On the p…

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by Kathy Reakes