A Portland man suffered severe injuries earlier this month after a driver deliberately ran into him in a parking lot in Lincoln City, according to police.

Mohammad Fawad Mohammadi was in a car with his wife and young child in a Walgreens parking lot off U.S. 101 just before noon March 6, when according to eyewitness testimony from a probable cause affidavit, "a male driver in a gray car" rammed the driver's side of Mohammadi's car.

When Mohammadi stepped out of his vehicle, the driver of the second car reversed and ran into Mohammadi's car again.

According to both the affidavit and a GoFundMe campaign set up by one Mohammadi's coworkers, Mohammadi was hit by the car and pinned to the side of his own car. Then, the car backed up and hit Mohammadi's car a third time.

"We do believe that this was an intentional act," Lincoln City Police Department spokesperson Lt. Jerry Palmer said over the phone Tuesday.

In the affidavit, an officer described the scene: "When I arrived," the officer wrote, "I saw a man lying on the ground with a bloody mangled foot and paramedics treating him."

"A woman was holding her toddler and crying," he added.

Mohammadi's wife and child were not injured.

Mohammadi was flown to a Portland trauma center where, according to the GoFundMe page, he has received two surgeries and was preparing for a third on Tuesday.

"Currently," wrote Stephanie Ballard Agramonte, the creator of the campaign, "it appears that he is suffering from the crushed leg, broken hips, fractured spine and numerous facial injuries."

According to the GoFundMe page, Mohammadi served as an interpreter in Afghanistan for four years before immigrating to the United States about three years ago. He works at a grocery in Lake Oswego.

Perry G. Nicolopoulos, 68, of Puyallup, Washington, was arrested shortly after the incident north of Lincoln City on Highway 101 and charged with driving under the influence of intoxicants, according to a press release from Lincoln City Police.

After an investigation, Nicolopoulos was arrested on additional charges in the incident involving Mohammadi, including attempted murder and assault.

Perry Nicolopoulos

Palmer said that so far, the investigation has not uncovered anything to lead officials to believe a hate crime has been committed.

"We do not have a motive determination at this time," he said.

"It appears that the victim was random," he added. "We find no connection between these two individuals."

Palmer said Nicolopoulos does have a criminal history. The Pierce County Superior Court Clerk confirmed over the phone Tuesday that Nicolopoulos was charged with malicious mischief in 1995 and assault in 2001. He pleaded guilty to both charges.

Nicolopoulos is currently lodged at the Lincoln County Jail on 14 charges. His bail is set at $1 million and a preliminary hearing for his case is set for Thursday at the Lincoln County Courthouse in Newport.

As of Tuesday afternoon, the GoFundMe campaign had raised more than $19,000 for Mohammadi.

GoFundMe spokesperson Katherine Cichy said over email Tuesday that the company is "working directly with the campaign organizer" and guarantees the funds will only be released to the family.

"When a campaign is created on behalf of someone else," she said, "funds are collected by our payment processors, held, and then released only to the person named as the beneficiary."

-- Lizzy Acker

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