Taxi driver hopes to find shooters

A taxi driver shot on the job earlier this month is still unable to work because of his injuries. The shooters are still on the loose.

Ted Jackson told Channel 2's Amy Napier Viteri he plans to return to work as soon as he is physically able, but the thought of the men responsible for shooting him is frightening.

"The bullet hit a kidney and hit the liver and hit the spine," Jackson told Napier Viteri.

He picked up two passengers Dec. 7 at the Edgewood shopping center on Caroline Street in northeast Atlanta. Jackson said as he drove, one of the men was on the phone talking to another person they were going to meet. He said the men directed him to an area hear Henry Thomas Drive where a third man was waiting.

"The third guy, who was in a light blue fleece, was wearing glasses," Jackson said.

He said the man began arguing with him over the fare and pulled out a gun. According to the police report, the man told Jackson, "I'll shoot you if you don't give me your money."

“And I told him stupidly, 'If you're going to shoot me with that thing, please shoot to kill.’ And then, he went ahead and shot me right in the belly," Jackson told Napier Viteri.

He said he hopes someone recognizes the men pictured in taxi surveillance footage before another attack happens.

"I think they're quite dangerous. I think they've got a pretty good plan, and they knew what they were doing," he added.

Jackson plans to return to work driving a taxi after he recovers. He said it's scary to think he could run into the men again.

"I’m having to rethink a little bit, but I have no other option," he said.

Jackson’s employer, Checker Cab, recently added more money to the Crime Stoppers reward and police hope that encourages someone to come forward.

Investigators said another victim has come forward since they released surveillance pictures. That man told police the same group of men badly beat him in February.