A 31-year-old man faces attempted murder accusations after he hit his girlfriend in the head with a handgun then shot at her when she tried to run away Sunday morning, police said.

Damarcus Deshawn Foster

At 1:52 a.m., officers responded on reports of a woman in distress and gunfire near Southeast 148th Avenue and Stark Street. The woman told officers she was inside her car with another female friend and Damarcus Deshawn Foster was standing outside the driver's side door, police said.

The woman told officers he hit her on the head with a pistol. The victim and her friend attempted to run away from the car, and Foster reportedly shot at his girlfriend, missing her, police said.

Moments later, Foster reportedly drove by the scene as officers were interviewing his girlfriend, and patrol cars were used to box the man and take him into custody, police said. The bureau's Domestic Violence Reduction Unit investigated.

Police arrested Foster on accusations of attempted murder (four counts), second-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon, unlawful possession of a firearm, reckless endangerment and discharging a firearm in the city. Police booked him into the Multnomah County jail downtown.

-- Tony Hernandez

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