The gunman who attacked members of Congress on Wednesday morning ... had run-ins with the law for domestic violence and shooting.
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In 2006, he was arrested for domestic battery and discharge of a firearm after he punched a woman ”in the face with a closed fist," according to a police report reviewed by The Daily Beast. When the woman's boyfriend walked outside of the residence, Hodgkinson allegedly aimed a shotgun at him and later fired one round.
Hodgkinson was also ”observed throwing" an unnamed minor ”around the bedroom," the police report said. Police identified the girl as his daughter. After the girl broke free, Hodgkinson followed and ”started hitting her arms, pulling her hair, and started grabbing her off the bed."
When a woman tried escaping with Hodgkinson's daughter in a vehicle, Hodgkinson reached inside and ”turned off the ignition," the report said. ”James then pulled out a possible pocket knife and cut [her] seatbelt."
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In June 2006, police were dispatched to Hodgkinson's home in response to a domestic dispute that began when Hodgkinson allegedly hit a woman's dog while it slept in her driveway, according to a police report.
Hodgkinson also repeatedly called the police to report people on his lawn. In February 2005, he called police to claim juveniles had driven drunk on his property; although there was no damage to his property, he requested extra police patrols in the area. In August 2006, he called police to report a vehicle doing a donut in his yard overnight. In January 2007, he called the police after his neighbors' trash company allegedly turned around on his driveway. In February 2007, he called police to report a car driving on his lawn.