Devaunte Hill Nashville man arrested in shooting murder of Caitlyn Kaufman.
Long history of crime
Cops said there’s no relation between Kaufman and Hill but have yet to say whether Hill’s shooting murder may have been an instance of
Authorities got a break in the ‘cold case’ Thursday when a tipster identified Hill as a suspect, and provided information about the whereabouts of the gun that was used to kill Kaufman, police said.
Police say there may be additional arrests. The authorities have not revealed a motive for the shooting.
Of note, a report via
WKRN told of the suspect having a lengthy criminal record, including being convicted on three counts of attempted criminal homicide in 2016 when Devaunte Hill was just 16.
By Madeline Holcombe and Nakia McNabb, CNN
Updated 5:32 PM ET, Tue December 8, 2020
A photo of Caitlyn Marie Kaufman from 2019. (CNN)Caitlyn Marie Kaufman s mother held her daughter s work badge and stethoscope Monday while pleading for answers in the death of the 26-year-old nurse.
Kaufman was driving to work on December 3 in Nashville, Tennessee, when shots were fired into her Mazda CX-5 SUV on Interstate 440 West, according to Metro Nashville police. A police officer saw Kaufman s car resting on the right shoulder against a guard rail, and when the officer stopped to check, he discovered she had been shot.
Police said Kaufman died at the scene. Authorities are following leads and do not have a suspect at this time.
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NASHVILLE – A tip from a concerned citizen provided a pivotal break Friday in the Dec. 3 slaying of 26-year-old nurse Caitlyn Kaufman, who worked in the intensive care unit at Saint Thomas West Hospital.
At dawn, members of Metro Nashville Police Department’s SWAT team descended on an East Nashville apartment complex and made an arrest in the fatal shooting of a Nashville nurse who was driving to work when police say someone opened fire on her SUV.
Devaunte Lewis Hill, 21, was taken into custody at 6:15 a.m. in Kaufman s death.
Nashville police Chief John Drake said Hill, a Nashville native, was arrested without incident at his Porter Road home in Berkshire Place Apartments. Hill was charged with criminal homicide in Kaufman s evening slaying along Interstate 440 west in Nashville.
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