PITTSBURGH — The Muslim taxi driver who was shot in Hazelwood last week works for the Mars-based company Cranberry Taxi Service.

The male driver, whose name has not been released, drove a man from the Rivers Casino about 1:40 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day to Second Avenue in Hazelwood.

After dropping the man off at that residence, the driver fled in the taxi after the passenger came back out of the house with a gun and started shooting at the taxi.

The driver was struck in his back between Flowers Avenue and Tecumseh Street, but drove a few blocks and flagged someone down for help.

He is receiving medical treatment at UPMC Mercy. A news release from the city Department of Public Safety said he is “alert and “conscious in stable condition.”

Police are continuing to search for the shooter.

The 38-year-old driver has been working for Cranberry Taxi for more than a month.

No one from the taxi service returned a call seeking comment.

Cranberry Taxi Service, an affiliate of Pittsburgh-based Star Transportation Group, covers Butler County and northern Allegheny County.

A Muslim civil rights group has asked the Justice Department to investigate the shooting as a hate crime.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations says the shooter asked the Muslim driver about his background and if he was from Pakistan. The group says the man asked about ISIS and satirized the Prophet Muhammad.

City Councilman Corey O’Connor said investigators will looking at potential evidence from the taxi’s built-in camera and cameras from the casino.

Pittsburgh police from the Zone 4 station are leading the investigation.

The police department is working with the Pittsburgh branch of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.