Inset: Cordaryle Frank-Allen Frost (Anoka County Jail). Background: The intersection of 53rd Avenue Northeast and University Avenue Northeast in Fridley, Minnesota (Google Maps).
A minor traffic mishap escalated into a violent incident when a woman, leaving a party with her 5-year-old child in Minnesota, was shot in the neck by another driver, according to authorities.
Cordaryle Frank-Allen Frost, 38, is currently detained in Anoka County Jail facing charges of first-degree assault causing significant bodily harm and firing a weapon from a vehicle, as indicated by jail records reviewed by Law&Crime.
The Anoka County Sheriff’s Office has disclosed that a second individual, 37-year-old Cynthia Victoria Frost, was also apprehended in connection with the shooting.
The incident reportedly occurred as the woman was attending a prom send-off party in Columbia Heights, a city situated in Anoka County, just north of Minneapolis. She decided to leave the event with her young daughter.
As they were departing, their SUV seemingly bumped into another vehicle parked behind them, according to ABC affiliate KSTP in the Twin Cities area. Moments later, Cordaryle Frost and his wife entered their vehicle and drove off quickly, followed by the mother and her child.
About a block from the party, the mother said that the Frosts did “something similar to a PIT maneuver” and forced her to pull over. When she did, the suspects allegedly got out of their vehicle and started yelling and threatening to “beat her.”
The mother drove away, but they reportedly caught back up to her. Suddenly, she heard a gunshot and lost control of her body.
She had been shot in the neck, and she lost control of her SUV, causing it to cross over the road and stop in a grassy area in the area of 53rd Avenue Northeast and University Avenue Northeast in Fridley, authorities said. The daughter got out of the vehicle and started running around asking for help, according to KSTP.
The mother had reportedly suffered a spinal cord injury — though the extent of her injuries has not been announced. She is said to have gone into surgery where doctors removed bullet fragments from her neck.
The Frosts were arrested on Monday, and Cordaryle Frost allegedly denied having anything to do with a shooting. Jail records show that his wife faced the same charges as her husband but was released from jail on Wednesday.
Cordaryle Frost is still in jail under $2 million bail.