Minneapolis police continue to investigate a hit-and-run crash Wednesday afternoon outside a mosque on East 32nd Street as a possible bias-motivated crime.

The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) released surveillance video of the incident that shows a minivan round a corner before accelerating straight into a man walking through the parking lot of Alhikma Islamic Center around 12:30 p.m. As the man ran away to seek cover, the van backed up and drove away.

Minneapolis police say the victim, 36, was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

According to his friends, the man has since been released from the hospital to recover.

“A shock to all of us,” said Jaylani Hussein, executive director of CAIR-MN and a co-worker of the man who was hit. “Thankful that it was not as serious as it could have been.”

The alleged driver has harassed worshippers multiple times over the past few years, according to mosque members.

“We don’t feel safe. Scary. Fear,” said Imam Abdirzak Kaynan of the Alhikma Islamic Center.

Kaynan said there has been vandalism and other incidents involving the suspect, which has led some members to leave.

“We have a fear. The community run away,” Kaynan said. “They say, ‘We don’t feel safe. We are going to another mosque.'”

Police investigators said they’re also “familiar with the suspect,” adding that he “has a history of trespassing and acting erratically at the mosque and in the neighborhood.”

James Evan Suttles, 37, was taken into custody in connection with the attack, according to MPD. A Hennepin County Jail roster indicates Suttles is being held on suspicion of second-degree assault. He has yet to be formally charged.

“Based on the information gathered by our investigators so far, I am concerned that this crime may have been motivated by bias,” Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said. “We won’t tolerate any crime in our city. But hate crimes and crimes against our houses of worship are particularly troubling because of the very real widespread fear they generate and the potential division they create among our residents.”

Unrelated to this incident, Hussein said in the last three years there have been more than 20 incidents that have needed police responses at other mosques around Minnesota.

“We’ve had a string of these attacks that are alarming, and we are still holding our breath,” Hussein said.