Community law enforcement celebrate life of police sergeant who died following Boston Marathon shootout

RANDOLPH, MASS. (WHDH) – Community members in Randolph remembered a fallen hero in a unique way this week. Police joined family and friends of the late Boston Police Sergeant Dennis ‘DJ’ Simmonds at the Randolph High School Alumni Basketball Game, celebrating Simmonds on his birthday at a gym named in his honor. Following the Boston Marathon bombing, Sgt. Simmonds was injured in 2013 during the shootout with the Tsarnaev brothers in Watertown when an explosive device detonated near him. A year later, he died from a brain aneurysm linked to those injuries. Since his loss, community members and law enforcement…