-- The subject of an "active manhunt" for his role in the shooting deaths of three people at an Auburn apartment complex has a criminal history in Montgomery on theft, assault and weapons charges.

Auburn police have sworn out three capital murder warrants against Desmonte Leonard, 22, of Montgomery. Police say he shot and killed three people, including former Auburn football players Ed Christian and Ladarious Phillips, and injured three others.

Leonard was charged with theft and carrying a weapon without a permit or license in 2008. He was also charged with second-degree assault in 2009.

It was not immediately clear how those charges were resolved or if Leonard was convicted.

Most recently, Leonard was sued on Friday in Montgomery County Circuit by a woman seeking child support for a daughter she claimed he fathered in 2011.

Auburn police chief Tommy Dawson said Leonard is "armed and dangerous."

The address listed for Leonard in the lawsuit filed Friday is on Alder Point Drive in east Montgomery, near Vaughn Road and Eastern Boulevard. The Montgomery Advertiser reported that Leonard's grandmother lives at the address and said Montgomery Police visited her this morning.

Police are seeking two other persons of interest in the case. Dawson did not give their names.

"They know who they are," he said.