Three individuals have been arrested after fleeling from Mounties in a stolen vehicle in North Battleford.
Battlefords RCMP state that they received a report of a firearm being discharged on February 14 at around 10:45p.m. Officers determined the firearm was discharged from a vehicle with three individuals inside.
RCMP responded and located the suspect vehicle in the parking lot of a business on 99th Street and the vehicle fled the scene.
Officers activated emergency lights and attempted a traffic stop but the vehicle did not stop. Officers initiated a pursuit and attempted to use a tire deflation device to stop the vehicle, however it fled southbound through Battleford to Red Pheasant First Nation.
Officers say they patrolled the Red Pheasant First Nation in an effort to locate the suspect vehicle. RCMP Police Dog Services and Saskatoon Police Service both assisted with this search.
At approximately 12:30 a.m. on February 15, officers located the suspect vehicle stuck in a ditch on the Red Pheasant First Nation and one adult male suspect was arrested at the scene.
Investigation determined the vehicle had been stolen earlier that night.
Officers located a firearm and a magazine a short distance from the vehicle.
Officers then received a report that the two additional suspects were at a residence on the Red Pheasant First Nation. Officers attended the residence and arrested the two adult male suspects.
As a result of investigation, 21-year-old Jamieson Thomas and 18-year-old Kojac Adams of Sweetgrass First Nation along with 23-year-old Mackenzie Wahobin of Red Pheasant First Nation face multiple charges including possession of a weapon for dangerous purpose, flight from peace officer, and theft of truck.
Thomas, Adams and Wahobin made their first appearance in North Battleford Provincial Court today.