Prosecutors have filed charges against an Uber driver accused of taking a drunk female passenger to a secluded area and sexually assaulting her over the weekend.
The suspect, Ahmed Hasan Ali, 58, of Seattle, faces one count of second-degree rape and one count of first-degree kidnapping with sexual motivation.
According to the arrest report, Ali was driving for Uber early Saturday morning when he gave a ride to an intoxicated woman who was at a bar in Olympia.
Investigators allege Ali marked the woman's ride in the Uber app as full but kept her in the car and drove to 6th Avenue SE in unincorporated Thurston County and sexually assaulted her.
The victim's family panicked when she did not arrive home and her father located her in a parking area near the Nisqually River, the arrest report said.
According to the sheriff's office report, the father and other family members went to the scene and found the woman unclothed in the back seat of Ali's car, and Ali appeared to be climbing into the center console and pulling up her pants.
Investigators said family members assaulted Ali and dragged the woman out of the car. At some point during the encounter, the victim's father fired a gun twice, but no one was hit by the bullets.
Neighbors called 911 to report the shooting, and deputies stopped Ali's vehicle as he was leaving the area. A deputy noted that Ali was bleeding profusely from his head and hands when approached, but the report states that Ali was in a hurry to leave and initially refused treatment.
Prosecutors said at a court hearing Monday that Ali's injuries were so severe that it was suspected Ali would try to refuse medical attention.
A judge set Ali's bail at $100,000 at the hearing. He posted bail Monday night and was released from custody, jail records show.
Ali is scheduled to appear in court on July 2.