Saskatchewan RCMP Const. Shelby Patton’s household stated they’re devastated by the dying of a younger man who liked his job and his group.
Patton, who labored out of the Indian Head detachment, was killed on Saturday morning in Wolseley, Sask., after officers stated he was struck by a stolen truck from Manitoba. Police stated two suspects, a person and a lady, fled the scene and had been later arrested.
His grandmother Linda Patton, who spoke to CBC from Choiceland, Sask., on Sunday, stated her total household is devastated by the lack of the 26-year-old. She stated he “was among the best.”
“It is laborious too, as a result of he was such a considerate particular person.”
Linda Patton defined she hadn’t seen her grandson for a number of months as a result of COVID-19 pandemic, however stated she’s been getting updates on his work and profession from his dad and mom.
She stated the household is totally damaged on account of the loss, as Patton was an individual who all the time put others first. “He was simply that sort of particular person, I simply cannot say good sufficient issues about him,” she stated of Patton, who was from Yorkton, Sask.
Linda Patton stated her grandson liked his job with a ardour, recalling how he was simply beaming when he grew to become a member of the RCMP following his commencement. She defined her grandson would do something for his group and people round him, with that need to assist making him a very good match for the RCMP.
“He would not hurt anybody, that is the kind of particular person he was and he’d do something for you,” she stated.
“To me, he is the most effective. One of the best sort of particular person you may ever cope with.”
He simply liked it and he liked the place he was working.-Linda Patton, grandmother of RCMP Const. Shelby Patton
Linda Patton stated whereas it was all the time at the back of her thoughts that one thing could occur to her grandson whereas on obligation, she stated the household “by no means, ever thought that it could.”
She stated RCMP are flying Patton’s dad and mom into Regina from Stettler, Alta., as they cope with the loss.
RCMP briefed the media Saturday night concerning the incident, calling it “a particularly tragic time” for the RCMP and Patton’s household.
“Const. Patton’s household can also be a part of the RCMP household,” stated Rhonda Blackmore, Saskatchewan RCMP’s commanding officer and assistant commissioner. “They’ve misplaced a husband, son and brother.”
Data from the RCMP indicated Patton had served on the Indian Head detachment of the RCMP for the whole lot of his service — greater than six years — earlier than his dying.
“A tragedy resembling this shakes our total RCMP household to its core, coast to coast,” stated Blackmore. “Though we put on a police uniform, we’re common individuals, going to our job every day, simply as everybody else does.
“In the present day, Const. Patton won’t come house from doing his job defending the general public.”
2 suspects in custody, RCMP guarantees extra updates
Two individuals, a person and a lady, are in police custody after they had been arrested roughly two hours after Patton was killed. RCMP stated extra updates will likely be offered within the coming days.
Officers with the nationwide police power additionally took time to thank a civilian who tried to supply medical help to the officer till emergency responders arrived. Patton’s grandmother stated the household additionally extends their gratitude to the one who tried to avoid wasting his life.
“I could not thank them sufficient,” she stated.
The case is now being dealt with by the RCMP Main Crimes Unit North with the help of varied RCMP detachments from throughout the province.
The mayor of Wolseley, the place the incident came about, stated the complete group has been affected by the loss. Gerald hill stated the city is in a state of “utter shock and disbelief” as a heavy police presence descended in town following the dying.
“This sort of factor doesn’t occur right here,” Hill stated.
RCMP are actually flying flags at half-mast and stated they are going to launch extra details about how members of the general public and may share condolences with Patton’s household, pals and colleagues.
