Viewer Video Catches Moment Police Arrest Suspect In Fire Truck Theft

A stolen Mustang fire truck followed by a police chase through the metro all ends at the Tower Theater on NW 23rd Street in Oklahoma City Friday night. One witness caught the whole aftermath on camera.

Oscar Pallares had plans to meet up with his friends at the venue that night, but when he got there, he was only met with chaos.

“There were people entering and exiting at the same time the police were telling them to get back inside and lock the doors,” he said. “I see the police kind of chasing this guy.”

That’s when Pallares said he made the quick decision to capture all the madness on his phone.

“It was a pretty massive police presence,” Pallares remembers. “They were all armed pretty heavily running and yelling at him to stop.”

According to Mustang Police, officers were chasing Daniel Justin Snyder. Police say Snyder stole a fire truck while firefighters were on a call in Mustang. Officers pursued him into Oklahoma City to the Tower Theater where he parked the fire truck in front and jumped out.

“It was just literally right there,” Pallares said pointing to the road in front of the theater. “I'm not sure what his intentions were or what he was thinking. He ran right into the building just because of all the chaos and confusion, people not sure what to do.”

Police quickly took Snyder into custody, and nobody was injured. It’s unclear if he was armed or not.

“Pretty frightening,” he said. “Glad nothing worse happened for sure.”

Snyder was arrested and any charges against him are still pending.

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