COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH)-- A drive-by shooting victim was arrested after it was found he had numerous warrants out for his arrest.

Dominique Hales. who was out on parole after serving over 10 years in prison for voluntary manslaughter and weapons charges, was struck by gunfire during a drive-by shooting Tuesday morning in the Blacklick Estates neighborhood, near 2 schools part of the Groveport Madison district.

When Franklin County deputies arrived on the 5400 block of Newport Road, they interviewed Hale, who was grazed by among the bullets on his right side. Deputies stated that Hale admitted he had warrants out for his arrest however that he did not understand what they were for. He also at first supplied an incorrect social security number.

When deputies received Hales' information, they discovered he had parole offenses from his previous sentence. In December 2022, he had a warrant released over violent transgressor database duties and another from May 2022 for 2 counts of felonious attack. Hales was nabbed.

Detectives also located a gun at the Newport Road house. The weapon was traced as taken and a lady who lived at the house said she purchased it from somebody else for $300 in 2021.

Hales, who pleaded guilty to lesser charges in 2012 stemming from a murder and felonious attack indictment, was arraigned Wednesday on the parole offense charges. He is being held in the Franklin County Jail on a $100,000 bond for the attack charges and $1,000 for his database responsibilities charge and has an initial hearing scheduled for March 10.

Madison Township police, together with Franklin County sheriff's deputies, are still attempting to locate a suspect or suspects who fired shots at Hales' house. Witness videos and statements show the shots originated from a blue or gray little SUV.

(NBC4/El Richards)

A witness informed NBC4 that it was the 2nd time the blue rental home on Newport Road had been targeted. Another witness stated her husband informed authorities that he needed to duck from gunshots as he was leaving for work.

A spokesperson for Groveport Madison schools said that at first all 11 buildings in the district were put on a "secured boundary" and that later it was restricted to Asbury Elementary, Dunloe Elementary, Sedalia Elementary and Groveport Madison Middle School North. All notifies were lifted within an hour of the occurrence.