Authorities maintain two suspects in custody following the deadly capturing of 41-year-old Christopher Leggett in Amherst, Nova Scotia, on Monday night. Warrants issued Thursday goal three people charged with first-degree homicide, whereas one stays on the run.
Arrests and Fees
RCMP officers in Moncton, New Brunswick, arrested Sean Eugene Patriquin, 56, and Natasha Deborah Austin, 42, each Moncton residents. The pair stays detained. Police proceed their seek for 34-year-old Michael James Ryan from Springhill, Nova Scotia. Officers consider Ryan actively evades seize.
Suspect Description
Ryan options brown hair, blue eyes, stands five-foot-eight, and weighs roughly 189 kilos. Authorities launched his picture and warn the general public to not strategy him. Contact police instantly if sighted.
Taking pictures Particulars
Responders arrived shortly earlier than 7 p.m. Monday after experiences of a loud bang close to a homeless shelter on Prince Arthur Road. Witnesses famous an injured man on the bottom. Officers discovered Leggett struggling a single gunshot wound to his decrease again. He succumbed to accidents in hospital quickly after.
Investigation reveals Leggett walked alongside Prince Arthur Road when a dark-colored Subaru SUV approached from behind. An earlier altercation occurred close to the Prince Arthur and Church Road intersection. Leggett fled however returned to the road, the place a automobile occupant exited with what seemed to be a protracted gun and fired. The suspects then sped away towards Maple Avenue.
Automobile and Ongoing Probe
Codiac RCMP seized the SUV, which bore a stolen plate from the Moncton space earlier this month. The probe proceeds actively.
Anybody with particulars on the capturing or Ryan’s location ought to name Amherst Police at 902-667-8600 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
