FREDERICTON STRONG
Fredericton Strong
O
n August 10, 2018, at
approximately
7:10 a.m., the city of
Fredericton, New Brunswick,
woke up to a major tragedy.
During the morning of August 10, 2018,
45-year-old Cst. Lawrence Robert (Robb)
Costello and 43-year-old Cst. Sara Mae
Helen Burns were killed while responding
to a report of gunfire at an apartment
complex at 237 Brookside Drive on the
city’s north side. Two Fredericton residents,
42-year-old Donald Adam Robichaud and
32-year-old Bobbie Lee Wright, also lost
their lives. The two officers were the first
on the scene and weregunned down as they
approached Robichaud and Wright.
A 48-year-old Fredericton man, Matthew
Vincent Raymond, was charged on the
morning of August 11, 2018, with four
counts of first-degree murder.
A Regimental Funeral for Cst. L. Robb
Costello and Cst. Sara Mae Helen Burns
was held on Saturday, August 18, 2018, at
one o’clock in the afternoon at the Aitken
University Centre. Over 1,000 family
members, friends, first responders, and
dignitaries from across Canada joined
together in a service filled with personal
stories of the deceaseds’ love and dedication
to their jobs.
Although the funeral wasn’t open to the
public, it didn’t stop people from lining the
rain-swept streets of Fredericton along the
route of the funeral procession of about
1,400 first responders. The procession
started at noon at Fredericton High School
and moved along Priestman Street to Regent
Street, down to Montgomery Street and
across to the University of New Brunswick
campus.
examples of community support involved
gifts such as flowers and cards being left
outside the Fredericton police station.
Banner signings, a bike rally, a visit from
the Prime Minister, and donations to the
families are just a few of the many other
ways the community has shown its support
towards the victims of this tragedy and their
families.
Cain Insurance sends our prayers and
deepest condolences to the families of
Constable Robert Costello and Constable
Sara Burns, the families of Donald
Robichaud and Bobbie Wright, as well
as anyone else affected by the August 10
tragedy.
Since that tragic day, the city of Fredericton
has banded together to show their support
in numerous ways for all the victims
involved in that horrific morning. Some
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