Saskatchewan RCMP has identified the officer who died Saturday morning as 26-year-old Const. Shelby Patton of the Indian Head detachment.Saskatchewan RCMP Commanding Officer, Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore said Patton was following two suspects who were allegedly driving a stolen truck from Manitoba.
Patton initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle in Wolseley.RCMP allege Patton was struck and killed while outside his police vehicle by the suspects in the truck.
Saskatchewan RCMP investigating homicide in Estevan of 55-year-old man Patton died on the scene around 8 a.m., despite medical efforts from a member of the public.Blackmore said the truck left the scene and was located in a rural area northeast of Francis.