Daniel Schooler, the man accused of opening fire in a church shooting that left the Rev. William. B Schooler dead, has a troubled and violent past.
Police said they don’t know what preceded the shooting but said the Schoolers were brothers.
In 2001, Daniel Schooler was charged with felonious assault with a firearm specification and carrying a concealed weapon, according to Montgomery County Common Pleas court records.
Daniel Schooler originally plead not guilty to the charges by reason of insanity but he later withdrew that plea and plead guilty to one count of felonious assault.
Court documents note that Daniel Schooler “may be mentally ill and in need of treatment.”
He was sentenced to five years of probation.
On May 7, 2002, Daniel Schooler attacked a 27-year-old woman at a home on Lorenz Avenue, a police report states.
The victim said she visited a friend at the home accompanied by her 4-year-old son.
The victim said Daniel Schooler began pacing and was acting odd and then struck her, knocking her unconscious, the report states.
After she awoke, Daniel Schooler accused her of stealing his money and threatened to kill her, the report states. Daniel Schooler hit, kicked and bit her. He cut her with a small knife and threatened her son.
Daniel Schooler grabbed her hair and forced her outside. He choked her and cut her.
The victim said the assault lasted 40 minutes and she suffered bruises, cuts and other injuries.
Daniel Schooler was indicted on felony charges of kidnapping and felonious assault. He was convicted of felonious assault with a deadly weapon and spent two years in prison.
In 2007, a friend said Daniel Schooler attacked him with a golf club, striking him three times on the head without provocation, a report states. The friend said Daniel Schooler has mental problems and had hit him before and given him a black eye.
The officer who wrote the report said Daniel Schooler had be referred for mental health court but the victim did not want to pursue charges. The case was dismissed.
In January 2008, two men said Daniel Schooler threw a hammer at them and charged them while carrying a six-inch knife. He had assaulted people in the past and has a tendency to be violent when he does not take his medication, the report states.
Daniel Schooler told police the men were teasing him and he became upset. The men said Daniel Schooler has mental problems and regularly acts out, the report states.
They said they feared Daniel Schooler would kill them.
Daniel Schooler was charged with misdemeanor counts of assault and aggravated menacing, but the charges were dropped when the witnesses failed to appear in court.
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