Indian Head's RCMP Detachment has lowered its flag to half mast following the death of an RCMP member on Saturday. Pictured Sunday, June 13, 2021. (Logan Stein/980 CJME)

By CJME News

Charges Laid

Charges laid against suspects in killing of Sask. Mountie

Jun 14, 2021 | 8:38 AM

Police have laid out charges against the two people accused of killing Constable Shelby Patton.

The 26-year-old Mountie was allegedly killed in Wolseley Saturday morning by Alphonse Traverse and Marlene Pagee, both from Winnipeg.

The pair will make their first appearance at provincial court in Regina at 9:30 a.m. Monday on charges of manslaughter, failing to stop after an accident causing death, stealing a vehicle and other related charges. Pagee is also accused of drug possession.

In a news release, RCMP laid out more details on the timeline of what happened before and after Patton’s death.

Just after 7 a.m. someone from Wolseley called police to report a stolen truck from Manitoba in town.

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Patton went there to investigate.

At 7:50 a.m., he found the truck and stopped it. Police said he was hit and killed shortly afterwards, during the stop.

At 7:56 a.m., emergency services were called to the scene to try and save Patton. People who were there performed first-aid on him, but he was declared dead on the scene.

Then, at 8:36 a.m., a farmer near Odessa called 911 to report that people in a white truck were on the property, and that one of their trucks was stolen as well.

The search began for the two trucks.

Police found them both abandoned near the community of Francis 67 kilometres south east of Regina. They said Traverse and Pagee ran away, but officers were able to track them down with the help of a police dog.

Fundraiser scam

It appears that someone could be trying to make money off of Patton’s death.

In a news release, RCMP said someone using the name Sam Joseph made a GoFundMe page for the officer.

“Please do not give money to this account in the name of Sam Joseph or promote this account’s activities. We have advised (GoFundMe) the account is fraudulent,” the release read.

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