RCMP to collect all flowers, gifts given in memory of slain Moncton Mounties

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MONCTON, N.B. - The Mounties say they will collect on Saturday all the flowers, gifts and notes that people have left at RCMP detachments throughout New Brunswick in memory of the three officers who were killed last week in Moncton.

A large makeshift memorial was set up outside the Codiac detachment in Moncton in the days after the deaths of constables Fabrice Georges Gevaudan, Douglas James Larche and Dave Joseph Ross.

Three maple trees were among the gifts placed in front of the detachment, and the RCMP says one will be planted at the home of each of the families of the officers.

The Mounties say any item that can be saved will also be preserved for those families.

Supt. Marlene Snowman, the officer in charge of the Codiac detachment, says while last week's shooting deaths have been a dark chapter in the history of the city and the RCMP, she takes solace in the fact that the public has expressed its support.