It took the collaboration from multiple RCMP detachments across Alberta and Saskatchewan to arrest Oakes and Heathen in July 2020. Onion Lake RCMP had responded to a report that a man was shot and the suspects, Oakes and Heathen, fled. An hour later their vehicle collided with another vehicle in Lloydminster. Heathen and Oakes then allegedly pointed a firearm at someone and unsuccessfully tried stealing a truck. Minutes later police say they fired two shots at someone inside a second vehicle. In a third attempted carjacking, Oakes and Heathen allegedly assaulted a victim and stole a truck. The stolen truck was located east of Lloydminster and police called off a pursuit after the truck swerved into oncoming traffic on Highway 16.