Shellby Trettel has been identified as one of the victims who was shot and killed in a double homicide at Cloquet hotel.
Shellby Trettel, self-described as a “front desk rep” at Super 8 on her Facebook page, was fatally shot while working Monday evening.
Trettel had served as a Front Desk Rep at the Cloquet Super 8 since August 17, 2016.
Shellby Trettel father, Tim Trettel, released her identify
Police in this northeastern Minnesota city near Duluth have not yet released the names of the victims or the suspect, but Trettel’s father, Tim Trettel posted on social media Tuesday night that Trettel was a compassionate and “wonderfully colorful” person, who loved her siblings, friends and music.
“Shellby was a person you could always count on,” Tim Trettel wrote, lost in a “senseless act of violence.”
Shellby Marie Trettel GoFundme
A friend posted an online fundraiser appeal to help the Trettel family with funeral expenses.
“Shellby Marie Trettel was just planning out her future, living life to the fullest, and most of all had a huge heart and cared deeply for all of those she knew,” Kasey Murray posted on the GoFundMe site.
Murray declined to comment for this story.