Published: September 17, 2018

A LAUDERDALE COUNTY MAN IS IN CUSTODY FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT IN A ROAD RAGE INCIDENT THAT RESULTED IN THE SHOOTING OF A 20 YEAR OLD WOMAN.  ACCORDING TO THE TIMES DAILY DESMOND ANDRE EDWARDS, 21, OF FLORENCE, WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY NIGHT AND FACES CHARGES OF FIRST DEGREE ASSAULT AND SHOOTING INTO A OCCUPIED VEHICLE.  REPORTS INDICATE POLICE RECEIVED THE CALL AROUND 1:20 AM EARLY ON THE FOURTH OF JULY STATING A WOMAN HAD BEEN SHOT AND THAT HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY PRIVATE VEHICLE.  UPON ARRIVAL, OFFICERS SPOKE WITH THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE, WHO WAS THE VICTIM'S BOYFRIEND, WHO TOLD OFFICERS THE COUPLE WAS SHOT AT BY SUBJECTS IN A DARK COLORED CHEVROLET CRUZE ON MALONE CIRCLE AFTER BEING CONFRONTED BY THEM ON COX CREEK PARKWAY.  THE SUBJECT SHOT AT THE COUPLE SEVERAL TIMES HITTING THE VICTIM, CASSIE SARTAIN, IN THE NECK.  IF CONVICTED EDWARDS COULD RECEIVE TWO TO TWENTY YEARS IN PRISON.