CLAYTON • A county park in the district once patrolled by a St. Louis County police officer killed in the line of duty this month will soon bear the name of the fallen officer, Blake Snyder.

St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger confirmed Monday afternoon that 117-acre Clydesdale Park will be rechristened to honor Snyder, who was shot while answering a disturbance call the morning of Oct. 6.

The name change will be enacted in an executive order Stenger intends to sign within a matter of days.

Stenger said he has been weighing appropriate ways to remember Snyder’s death. A petition delivered by South County residents to the county executive’s office in Clayton, he said, clarified the best way for the county to proceed.

“I was trying to find a fitting memorial,” Stenger said. “This is a fantastic idea.”

Stenger turned the proposal outlined in the petition over to County Counsel Peter Krane on Monday morning.

The Green Park Road site was originally called Gravois Creek Park before being named Clydesdale Park.