The first lawmaker ever expelled from the Nevada Legislature, Democrat Steven Brooks, was arrested at gunpoint Thursday after a car chase into California only hours after his expulsion. In his third arrest since January, Brooks fled from police, who were alerted after a tow truck driver called for police assistance in dealing with an unruly motorist who had a flat tire. Even with a flat tire, however, Brooks continued to drive away in his SUV, reportedly even throwing “objects” at police. Once police caught up with him, he ran out of his SUV, disobeyed police orders to stop and put his hands up, and then jumped back in the car (reported to have had guns and ammunition inside). Officers surrounded the vehicle with guns drawn, and a police dog was sent in. Unfortunately, Brooks snapped and attacked the dog with a socket wrench, resulting in head and leg injuries to the dog.

According to the Associated Press:

Steven Brooks was jailed in California’s San Bernardino County after being subdued with punches and a Taser.

Punches and a Taser.

Brooks is being held on $100,000 bail with four charges against him. The charges include felony evading arrest, throwing objects from a vehicle with intent to harm, resisting a police officer with force, and willful harm to a police service dog.

Why was he expelled? Over the last two months, Brooks had become more and more unstable. Before his first arrest on January 19th, he threatened a fellow Democratic lawmaker, Marilyn Kirkpatrick. In his second arrest on February 10th (6 days after being sworn into office), he punched an officer and attempted to grab said officer’s gun after police were called to his estranged wife’s home about a domestic dispute. He was hospitalized for a mental evaluation for five days after a third “police encounter” - though he wasn’t arrested that time.

Lawmakers wept Thursday as they cited concerns about their own safety and evidence collected about an increasingly bizarre series of public incidents.

In a 6-1 vote in a bipartisan committee, Brooks was expelled, after the committee read through a 900-page investigative report on Brooks.

Brooks faces a court hearing in May. So far, the state’s attorney general has not filed criminal charges.