Thousands gather at funeral for 2 Connecticut officers
Two Bristol Police department officers hug before a joint police funeral, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, in East Hartford, Conn. Thousands of police officers from around the country have gathered in a football stadium in Connecticut for a joint funeral for Bristol officers Dustin DeMonte and Alex Hamzy who were shot to death in an apparent ambush on Oct. 12. (AP Photo/David Collins)Two Bristol Police department officers hug before a joint police funeral, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, in East Hartford, Conn. Thousands of police officers from around the country have gathered in a football stadium in Connecticut for a joint funeral for Bristol officers Dustin DeMonte and Alex Hamzy who were shot to death in an apparent ambush on Oct. 12. (AP Photo/David Collins)EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Thousands of police officers from around the country gathered in a football stadium in Connecticut on Friday for a joint funeral for two officers who were shot to death in an apparent ambush. The service for Bristol officers Dustin DeMonte and Alex Hamzy was being held at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field — the University of Connecticut’s 40,000-seat stadium in East Hartford. Lt. Ernie Lucero, of the Thornton, Colorado, police department, said going to the funeral was the first time he had ever been in Connecticut.
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