(Harlan, Iowa) – Officials with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office report that during the early morning hours of Wednesday, April 23rd, they were contacted about an ongoing road rage incident on westbound Highway 44 out of Harlan. Deputies responded and located a traffic accident resulting from the incident, with one vehicle in the ditch and the other vehicle already out of the area. The victim of the accident was transported to Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan and investigation was ongoing.

During the investigation the Sheriff’s Office learned a possible suspect of the other vehicle as well as many other details. The suspect was driving a white pickup truck, had fired allegedly several rounds from a firearm into the victim’s vehicle, and made contact with the victim’s vehicle at a high rate of speed, causing the vehicle to leave the roadway and resulting in an accident with injuries.

Through the investigation, the suspect was identified as 23-year old Jacob Snyder. An arrest warrant was issued for Snyder for Attempted Murder, and he was later located in Bellevue, NE where he is currently in custody of the Sarpy County Sheriff’s Office awaiting extradition. The investigation was assisted by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, Iowa State Patrol, Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office, Bellevue Police Department and Omaha Police Department.