RCMP identify third suspect in brutal attack on Prince Albert carpenter

RCMP are asking for help finding a man they say brutally attacked a 66-year-old carpenter north of Prince Albert, Sask., on Oct. 24.

RCMP have charged 27-year-old Dallas Fulton with a list of assault, robbery and firearms offences, and issued an arrest warrant for him in connection with the theft and assault of Orlan Peterson.

Fulton is considered dangerous and RCMP advise he should not be approached.

Two other suspects, 18-year-old Melissa McCallum of La Ronge and 33-year-old Angus Heathen of Prince Albert, are in custody and facing the same charges.

Orlan Peterson’s son, Josh Peterson, told CBC that his father was working alone at a construction site early on the morning of Oct. 24 when two vehicles drove onto the site.

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Josh Peterson says his 66-year-old father survived a shotgun blast during a rural robbery through a mix of luck, faith and perseverance.

“Suddenly he saw two vehicles coming into the construction site screaming. He talks about seeing the dust in the air and the headlights, for example,” Josh said.

“All of a sudden this guy came running up and shoved the shotgun in his face and said, ‘Get on the ground,’ and, ‘Where’s all your stuff?’ And (Orlan) said, ‘It’s all in the truck. Take it, take the truck, it’s yours.’ And then the guy hit him in the back of the head with the butt of the shotgun. And then Dad said he felt the cold barrel on the underside of his head, like in his neck, and he just started praying about it.”

Josh said that instead of pulling the trigger, the man ordered Orlan to get up and enter the trailer.

“Once they got into the work trailer, the attacker told him, ‘Sorry man, I have to shoot you.’ And Dad said he just buried his head and started praying.”

Orlan shifted his weight and pointed his left side forward, absorbing the gunshot wound to his shoulder and arm, his son said.

The man left the trailer and left Orlan for dead.

Orlan managed to walk a kilometer to a busy road and flag down a passerby. He is recovering in a hospital in Saskatoon.

A fundraiser set up by a family friend has raised $124,000 so far.