PORTLAND, Ore. — The suspect who allegedly shot a Radio Cab taxi driver on Interstate 205 Thursday morning has been identified by police.
Bradley Dylan Stanwood, 47, has been charged with second degree attempted murder, first degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon, according to a Friday news release from the Portland Police Bureau (PPB).
The cab driver drove himself to the hospital Thursday morning after he was shot in the back near the Glisan exit from I-205, a PPB spokesman said Thursday, calling 911 just after 9 a.m. while he was en route.
Officers began to look for the shooting scene, based on the location and a license plate number and vehicle description that the driver had been able to provide.
At about 9:30 a.m., one of the searching officers located the suspect vehicle near the intersection of Southeast 77th Avenue and Southeast Foster Road, police said.
The vehicle was unoccupied, but police who arrived to search the area "developed information leading them to believe the suspect was in a nearby business," police said.
Police established a perimeter and brought in a K9 unit to assist with the search. The suspect was located and taken into custody just after 10 a.m., police said. He was booked in Multnomah County jail.
Steve Entler, the general manager of Radio Cab, told KGW on Thursday that after the driver drove himself to Providence Portland Medical Center, he was transferred to Legacy Emanuel Medical Center, where he underwent surgery. The driver has not been identified.
According to Entler, two bullets hit the taxi. One of the bullets went through the tailgate, back seat and driver's seat, and hit the driver in the back. The other bullet is still lodged in the cab's bumper, Entler said.
Radio Cab is currently reviewing dash cam video from the taxi, Entler said. The company also shared the videos with police.
As KGW covered the story at Radio Cab headquarters in Northwest Portland, the cab driver's wife arrived. She'd just visited her husband at Legacy Emanuel.
"He is stable at the moment and he’ll be in the hospital at least a week ... so he got shot in the lower back," she said. KGW is identifying her by first name only, as Michelle.
Michelle expressed frustration that her husband is now the latest example of gun violence in Portland.
"These idiots need to quit pulling guns on people that aren’t doing anything wrong," she said. "This is stupid, Portland needs to get a hold on this."
On its website, Radio Cab said it's a driver-owned and veteran-owned taxi business that has been around since 1946 and services the Portland metro area.
Editor's note: Police initially reported Friday morning that the victim was being released from the hospital to recover at home, but subsequently issued a correction stating that he remains hospitalized as of Friday.