A 39-year-old Mayport man, accused of attempted murder, is in custody after a manhunt which started Wednesday evening and lasted until late afternoon Thursday, according to state police in Punxsutawney.

Early Thursday morning, state police reported they were actively seeking the whereabouts of Ryan Dennis Snyder who has been charged with attempted homicide as a result of an incident which occurred Wednesday evening in Ringgold Township, Jefferson County.

After-school activities at St. Marys Area School District and Elk County Catholic School were canceled Thursday as a precautionary measure.

Snyder was reportedly fleeing from a domestic incident on Wednesday evening. He was believed to have fired a gun into an occupied structure. The incident occurred on Sandy Hill Road.

During the search, Snyder was believed to still be in the area hiding within surrounding woods near the Jefferson/Armstrong County lines. He was considered armed and dangerous.

Several patrol members, as well as the state police Special Emergency Response Team, searched the area for Snyder until he was caught shortly after 3 p.m. Thursday.

According to a criminal complaint, Snyder has been charged with criminal attempt — murder of the second degree, homicide 2; felony counts of aggravated assault, burglary — overnight accommodations; person present, bodily injury crime; possession of firearm prohibited; strangulation, applying pressure to throat or neck; aggravated assault; criminal trespass; discharge of a firearm into occupied structure (five counts); misdemeanor counts of terroristic threats with intent to terrorize another (four counts); posssession of instrument of crime with intent; simple assault (two counts); and recklessly endangering another person (four counts).

According to an affidavit of probable cause filed at the office of District Judge Jacqueline J. Mizerock, Punxsutawney, state police were called to a residence at 4:47 p.m. Wednesday on Sandy Hill Road for a report of a domestic-related altercation with gun fire. Through an interview with one of the victims said her boyfriend, Snyder, was reportedly highly intoxicated and had been consuming whisky. She said he allegedly tried to get her into his black sedan vehicle but she refused and a verbal argument began. Eventually, she did get into the vehicle in fear of being physically harmed if she did not comply.

While seated in the passenger side of Snyder’s vehicle, the woman said she reached over to the driver’s seat, pulled the keys from the ignition and threw them out the window in efforts to prevent Snyder from driving intoxicated with her inside the vehicle, the affidavit said. She then tried to get out of the vehicle through the passenger side door when Snyder reportedly jumped over the center console and exited the vehicle following her.

Snyder is then accused of pinning the woman to the ground, while on top of her, and began choking her with both hands around her neck to the extent the woman could not breathe, the affidavit said. He then let the woman up off the ground and made suicidal statements to her which included, “I’ll just go kill myself then.”

The woman ran along Sandy Hill Road to a neighbor’s home and the man and woman living there allowed her to use their home to seek asylum from Snyder, the affidavit said. A short time later, Snyder reportedly entered the residence carrying a firearm, possibly a rifle or a shotgun. He allegedly forced himself into the residence through a rear entrance and then physically assaulted man. The woman said Snyder point the firearm at man and fired a round at him, causing him to fall to the floor.

Snyder then immediately left the residence and while passing his girlfriend in the door way, he said to “check on him to see if I just shot him,” the affidavit said. As he left the residence, the girlfriend said she could hear more gunshots striking the residence. The woman then barricaded herself in the restroom until state police arrived and said she was in fear of her life.

During an interview with the police, the man who was shot and the woman who lives with him told the police Snyder reportedly shot the man.

In a separate incident which occurred on July 28, Snyder has been charged with misdemeanor counts of terroristic threats, simple assault, and a summary count of harassment.