An armed man has been arrested after kidnapping a woman, shooting and killing Census Bureau guard and leading police on a car chase before authorities cornered him in an exchange of gunfire that left him and a police officer wounded. Ronald Anderson, 48, who was charged in the crime spree, was previously convicted of manslaughter and recently was arrested in an assault case involving his 'visibly afraid' girlfriend, according to court documents obtained on Friday. It all took place on his birthday. Anderson was arrested February 17 on a charge of assaulting his girlfriend in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Prince George's County, according to court records. He was released the day of his arrest. Scroll down for video . Ronald Anderson, 48, was arrested after he kidnapped a woman, shot a Census Bureau guard and led police on a car chase on before authorities cornered him in an exchange of gunfire that left the suspect and a police officer wounded . Anderson had previously been convicted with manslaughter and was recently charged in an assault case involving his 'visibly afraid' girlfriend . The guard, identified as Lawrence Buckner, died at a hospital in Cheverly, Maryland, at 7:19 p.m. Thursday - his age is not known . The officer responding to a domestic dispute call said that the man's girlfriend was clearly afraid. 'The victim was shaking, crying and was whispering while speaking because she was afraid of the suspect hearing her,' the officer wrote, according to the documents. The woman, whose 10-month-old son was home, told police that Anderson had hit her several times, knocking her into walls, because he thought she was looking at another man, the records say. Another court record filed in D.C. Superior Court shows that Anderson pleaded guilty to manslaughter while armed in 1991 in Washington, D.C. No other details were immediately available about that case. Anderson's attorney's phone number rang busy Friday. He has been charged with armed kidnapping and assault on a police officer in Thursday 's spree but remains hospitalized in unknown condition. More serious charges could follow in the jurisdiction where the guard was killed. Anderson turned 48 the same day as the shooting. A drug charge related to his February case had been set for a dismissal hearing Friday, but that was canceled. The trial on the assault charge is set for July. The officer and suspect, who has not been named, were both conscious when they were taken for medical care, D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier told a news conference . Police search a parking garage on the U.S. Census Bureau headquarters campus for the armed man . The wounded officer is recovering. The Census Bureau guard who was shot, Lawrence Buckner, 59, died at a hospital in Cheverly, Maryland, at 7.19pm Thursday. Anderson turned 48 the same day as the shooting. A drug charge related to his February case had been set for a dismissal hearing Friday, but that was canceled. The trial on the assault charge is set for July. Buckner had served for about eight years in the U.S. Army and worked in the security field for more than two decades, according to a Friday statement from Hunt Valley, Maryland-based company Master Security, where Buckner was a contractor working for the federal government. He leaves behind a wife, son and four grandchildren as well as a large extended family. D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier told a news conference a guard at a gate of the U.S. Census Bureau in Suitland, Maryland, saw two people fighting in a car that matched the description of a vehicle described in a report of an armed kidnapping about six miles away in northeast Washington. When the guard approached the car, the man shot him and took off, crossing the border into the nation's capital and firing at D.C. police who had begun to chase him, Lanier said. He fired again at them during the chase before police blocked him and collided with his car, Lanier said. The shooting was not terrorism-related, FBI Baltimore spokeswoman Amy J. Thoreson told The Associated Press in an email. The police chief confirmed that . Officers guard the U.S. Census Bureau building after reports that a federal officer had been shot . Cornered, the suspect opened fire again and police shot back. During the exchange of gunfire, both the suspect and an officer were wounded, she said. 'We have every reason to believe that the car we have ... is the same car involved' in the kidnapping, the shooting at the Census Bureau, and the shooting at police, Lanier said. Police said in a news release that the woman who was allegedly kidnapped was found safe. The shooting was not terrorism-related, FBI Baltimore spokeswoman Amy J. Thoreson told The Associated Press in an email. The police chief confirmed that. 'We believe this was domestic related,' she said. The shooting 'was a tragic and scary event for the Census Bureau family,' agency Director John Thompson said in a Friday statement. 'We know the situation last night was tense, especially for the hundreds of employees who sheltered in the building and in their cars for several hours not knowing when the incident would be over,' he said. Suzanne Spaulding, the undersecretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate in the Department of Homeland Security, wrote in an e-mail to employees on Friday morning 'Officer Buckner fatally placed himself in harm's way to ensure the employees and occupants of the facility remained safe against this criminal activity,' reports the Washington Post. The gate that leads to Census Bureau remains closed where a guard was shot and killed on Thursday . The shooter then led police on a car chase through Maryland and Washington, before being cornered and exchanging gunfire with and a police leaving one officer wounded .
Ronald Anderson, 48, was arrested and charged for the crime spree .
Anderson was previously convicted of manslaughter and arrested in an assault case involving his 'visibly afraid' girlfriend .
The kidnapped woman was found safe - she may be related to suspect .
The guard, Lawrence Buckner, died at a hospital in Cheverly, Maryland .
Officer and suspect both conscious when they were taken for medical care .
Guard saw two people fighting in a car that matched the description of a vehicle described in a report of an armed kidnapping .
Incident took place at gate of U.S. Census Bureau in Suitland, Maryland .