Canada Python Attack: Uncle's Tribute To Boys The uncle of two boys believed to have been killed by a python said they had a "super" last day as Canadian police revealed the snake was being kept in a second-floor flat, not the pet shop below. A criminal investigation is under way after a 45kg African rock python escaped from its cage, went through a ventilation shaft and fell into the room where Noah Barthe, four, and his brother Connor, six, were sleeping. In an emotional statement, their uncle David Rose said: "They were two typical children and enjoyed life to the maximum." The boys with their mother. Pic: Facebook/ Mandy Trecartin They had spent their last day playing with their friends, he said. It was initially reported that the snake was being kept by family friend and owner Jean-Claude Savoie on the ground floor of the Reptile Ocean pet shop in the town of Campbellton, New Brunswick. But police said it was kept in a second-floor flat in a specially built enclosure which stretched to the ceiling. Royal Canadian Mounted Police spokesman Sergeant Alain Tremblay said: "The snake was confined in an enclosed area, a glass cage of pretty large size given the size of the snake and the way the investigators believe the snake escaped was through the ceiling. Just above the cage where the snake was being kept, the snake apparently slithered through a hole or vent in the ceiling allowing it to escape into the ventilation shaft. Once the snake was at the height of the living room, apparently a pipe broke and the snake fell into the living room where the children were sleeping. The children were at a sleepover at their best friend's flat when they were apparently attacked by the snake early on Monday morning. At a news conference, Mr Rose said Connor was due to celebrate his birthday this month. "Connor would have entered the second grade this year and Noah was extremely excited to join his big brother by joining kindergarten and both would have been in the same Lord Beaverbrook School," he said. An African rock python Their last day was spent playing with their friends in the backyard - they had a little pool, had a barbecue and later in the afternoon Jean-Claude Savoie took all the children shopping. Each had their own little carts, they filled their carts with treats and after the shopping trip the two families Jean-Claude's family went to Jean-Claude's family's farm - there they played with llamas and goats and horses. Google Street View of python attack scene They played with dogs and cats in the hayloft and went for a ride in the farm tractor with Jean-Claude who even let them steer their tractors so it was a super day. And after a long day late into night they got home, home for the sleepover at Jean-Claude's house and the two families stayed together until midnight and that's the type of the life they had and that's what we are going to try and remember. The python, which Mr Savoie has had for at least 10 years, had been kept alone in its enclosure and was not handled by anyone else, he added. Police said the snake has been killed by a veterinarian.