A Gresham man accused of accused of firing a gunshot at a car on Interstate 84, hitting an 8-year-old girl in the backseat, was arraigned Wednesday.

Joshua Eric Constantine

Joshua Eric Constantine pleaded not guilty to attempted first-degree assault, among other charges, according to media reports. The girl's injury was superficial.

Her mother told an officer she was driving east on Interstate 84 in Portland when she saw a driver weaving through traffic and pushing other drivers off the road, among other reckless behaviors, according to a probable cause affidavit.

She reported trying to get closer to the driver -- who was in a minivan -- in order to get his license plate information. Her front passenger said she was trying to record video footage of the minivan when its driver pulled out a gun and shot once toward the car.

The officer later found an apparent gunshot hole through the bottom of the car's rear passenger door. He also reported a bullet was found in the backseat.

The 8-year-old girl was shot in the foot. Another child in the back seat was uninjured.

The front passenger was nearly certain Constantine was the shooter, according to the affidavit, and a man who heard the gunshot and saw the minivan's driver said he recognized Constantine when he saw his image in a report about the shooting.

Constantine doesn't know the girl he's accused of shooting, according to processing documents filed Wednesday in Multnomah County Circuit Court.

He reported being diagnosed with depression and said he takes an antidepressant. He also reported drinking alcohol and using marijuana daily.

Constantine is being held in the Multnomah County Detention Center on $282,500 bail. He's also facing single counts of second-degree assault and reckless driving, as well as two counts of unlawful use of a weapon.

The shooting happened on his 32nd birthday.

-- Jim Ryan

jryan@oregonian.com

503-221-8005; @Jimryan015

Samantha Matsumoto of The Oregonian/OregonLive staff contributed to this report