"No words can express our sadness as we try to come to terms with the loss of our mother, wife, and friend Patricia," the family said in its statement. We ask for privacy at this time as we work through this as a family."Sign up for NBC LA newsletters."My thoughts are with the McKay family after the devastating loss of Trish," New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said in aAuckland's deputy mayor also shared her grief.
Flowers, notes and other items were left at the entrance to the Newport Beach mall in memory of McKay. She was Witnesses told police that two men, one armed with a gun, tried to rob the couple as they walked outside the mall. During the robbery attempt, the woman was dragged into the road and struck by a car with a third suspect behind the wheel, police said."It was a tragic loss," said Sgt. Steven Oberon, of the Newport Beach Police Department.