On the afternoon of July 30, 2014, Mendota Heights Police Department veteran Scott Thomas Patrick, 47, was shot while conducting a traffic stop at Dodd Road and Smith Avenue. Patrick, the department’s most senior officer with 19 years of service, was struck in the head. He was taken to Regions Hospital, where he died of his wounds.

Authorities launched a large manhunt that same day. Officers located a vehicle in the North End of St. Paul and engaged the occupants; gunfire was exchanged. A 39-year-old man, Brian George Fitch Sr., was wounded and taken into custody, and a female companion in the vehicle was also injured. Officials said Fitch had an extensive criminal history and later faced first-degree murder charges in connection with Officer Patrick’s death.

Patrick was remembered by the community as a devoted family man who left behind a wife and two teenage daughters. Does anyone have information about Patrick’s last hours, the stop itself, or the events that followed that could help clarify what happened?