(MCT) — MILWAUKEE — Radcliffe Haughton's deadly rampage at a spa Sunday came after years of sidestepping Brown Deer, Wis., police on domestic violence incidents, including a January 2011 confrontation when officers saw him point what looked like a rifle at his wife, but then did not arrest him.

Police were back at the house just three weeks ago, on Oct. 2, after officers found his wife, Zina Haughton, at a gas station, barefoot with her face bruised. Officers went to the Haughtons' house and spotted Radcliffe Haughton inside. He refused to answer the door. Again, they left without making an arrest.