The Liberal Gun Club Forum

A police officer was shot and wounded on Monday in the U.S. Capitol complex and the gunman captured, a source citing information from the Sergeant-at-Arms office in Congress said.

Gunshots were heard in the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center and workers were told to shelter. The source said the officer's wounds were not serious.

Congress is in recess, with few lawmakers in Washington.

Dawson has had previous brushes with the law. He was a one-time funeral director who lost his license and a Williamson County school bus driver who was fired for harassing a teenage girl and a self-styled church pastor. Dawson filed for bankruptcy in 1996 and, between 2000 and 2012, accrued 16 tax liens and small-claims judgments against him.

Dawson was charged in October after declaring himself a “prophet of God” in the House chamber. He was released, but never appeared in court and a bench warrant was issued Nov. 19 for his arrest.