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EAGLE MOUNTAIN — An Eagle Mountain woman arrested Tuesday following a report of a road rage incident at a pharmacy drive-thru is now facing formal charges.
Christine Kotter, 53, was charged Thursday in 4th District Court with two counts of aggravated assault, a third-degree felony.
On Tuesday, just after 6 p.m., a car was in line at a pharmacy in the Ranches area of Eagle Mountain when Kotter tried to pull in front of the vehicle, according to the Utah County Sheriff's Office. The passenger in the vehicle that was cut off got out of her car to talk to Kotter.
"At that point … Kotter took a handgun and pointed it at her and her driver," the sheriff's office stated. "This driver said Kotter had her finger on the trigger of her handgun while pointing it at the complainant."
Kotter allegedly claimed that she was the one who was cut off and that the other woman "looked confrontational so (she) pulled out a handgun. The suspect then stated she said she would use the gun if the victim did not leave," a police booking affidavit states.
However, the victims provided police with a video one of them recorded on her phone. In the video, "the conversation (between Kotter and the women) looked calm and not agitated. Victim one stated she began to walk back to her vehicle and stated the suspect pulled a firearm out of her backpack and pointed it directly at her. Victim one stated the suspect stated she was going to … shoot her if she didn't leave," the affidavit states.
A second woman, who is pregnant, exited the vehicle that was cut off and stood between Kotter and her friend as Kotter allegedly pointed her gun at both women, the affidavit states.
Deputies who responded to the scene searched Kotter's vehicle and found a gun with "a bullet in the chamber and was ready to fire," according to the affidavit.
