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Columbia Heights Man Charged in Fridley Road Shooting That Left Driver Critically Hurt

Prosecutors cite video of a minor collision before the gunfire.

Overview

  • Cordaryle Frank-Allen Frost, 38, was arrested Monday and charged with first-degree assault and a weapons offense, then appeared in court Wednesday.
  • Investigators say the confrontation began Saturday around 9 p.m. after the victim backed into a parked car as she left a prom send-off.
  • Charging documents describe the couple pursuing the woman onto University Avenue in Fridley, where a shot hit her neck and she lost control of her SUV.
  • Doctors are treating a spinal cord injury from the gunshot, and the woman's 5-year-old in the back seat was not injured.
  • Frost’s wife, Cynthia Victoria Frost, 37, told police she heard a bang as she buckled in and later saw him place the gun in the driver’s door.