MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A 33-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after he shot at a car and tried to remove an American flag that was attached to it, the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office said.
According to the suspect’s arrest report, the incident occurred at about 12:40 p.m. in the area of 25200 S. Dixie Highway.
Authorities said a deputy responded to the scene after receiving a report about an “assault in progress” and found David Allen Snyder Jr., of Miami, pointing a gun at a vehicle.
The deputy ordered Snyder to put the gun down and his hands up, and then took Snyder into custody, authorities said.
According to the report, Snyder spontaneously told the deputy, “This is an act of war.”
The victims in the other vehicle told the responding deputy that they were stopped at a red light when they felt their vehicle move and initially thought they had been in a minor accident.
But they said they then looked in the rearview mirror and spotted the suspect trying to remove an American flag that was attached to their car.
According to the report, the driver fled the area in an attempt to get away from Snyder, but he followed them into a shopping plaza at Southwest 264th Street and South Dixie Highway.
The victims told the deputy that Snyder repeatedly pointed a gun at the windshield of their vehicle.
They said as they were making turns in the parking lot, they heard a single gunshot.
The responding deputy arrived at the scene as the victims were exiting the shopping plaza, authorities said.
According to the report, the arresting deputy found a black gun and one spent casing inside Snyder’s vehicle.
After being taken into custody, Snyder invoked his right to remain silent, authorities said.
He was arrested on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, attempted murder, discharging a firearm from a vehicle and improper exhibition of a firearm.
As of Thursday morning, Snyder was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on an $18,000 bond.
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