Caitlyn Kaufman: Suspect arrested, charged with shooting death of Nashville nurse
Metro Nashville Police Department
By:
WTVF Staff
and last updated 2020-12-11 13:19:05-05
NASHVILLE, Tenn. â Officers with the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) have arrested a 21-year-old man suspected of killing a nurse on a local highway as she drove to work earlier this month.
Caitlyn Kaufman, 26, was shot and killed on Interstate 440 on Dec. 3 as she drove to her job at St. Thomas West Hospital. Her death shocked the city of Nashville and garnered national attention.
On Friday morning, MNPD Chief John Drake announced that SWAT members took 21-year-old Devaunte L. Hill into custody earlier in the day without incident at Hill's East Nashville apartment. Hill has been charged with criminal homicide.