A Miami woman was arrested on the first day of school after allegedly threatening to shoot a parent during a confrontation outside an elementary school Thursday, according to Miami-Dade Schools Police.

Incident at school drop-off

Police said Erika Letisha Cruz, 39, was at Arcola Lake Elementary, located in located in the 1000 block of NW 81st St. in West Little River, shortly before 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 14, when she became involved in an argument with a parent who was walking her disabled son.

Authorities said the victim told officers Cruz honked at her from a black vehicle and shouted at her to "hurry the [expletive] up."

The victim told police Cruz's vehicle struck the left side of her body before Cruz got out with a brown purse and said, "Say one more word and I am going to shoot y

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