''They shot out his tires in South Carolina. He was running on two steel rims on the front. He drove about six miles like that,'' said Sgt. J.W. Wylds of the August Police Department.

Mr. Brown was carrying a shotgun when stopped, Augusta police said. He was charged with traffic, weapons and assault charges in Georgia, and bail was set at $3,900. He was taken to the Aiken County Detention Center in South Carolina, where he was booked on two counts of assault and battery with intent to kill, as well as drunken driving and traffic offenses.

Bond on the latter charges was not set by tonight.

The police said the chase started after Mr. Brown entered an insurance class in an Augusta-area building that he owns. They said he allegedly disrupted the class.

After his arrest in May, Mr. Brown pleaded guilty to charges of resisting arrest and illegal possession of a firearm and pleaded no contest to drug charges. He was fined $1,200 and ordered to perform a benefit concert for abused children.