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UPDATE: The shooter's name has been released.
The mother of Caitlyn Kaufman has confirmed that Nashville Metropolitan Police have made an arrest in the shooting of the young ICU nurse from Butler.
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.
Duane Lee Storey, 38, was last seen in the Grand Junction area heading eastbound on Interstate 70 by a license plate reader in Clifton on the morning of Dec. 1, the Mesa County Sheriffâs Office reported.
Five days later, he was arrested by the Bay County Sheriffâs Office in Florida along with Cody Sean Brelsford, 41, of Placerville, near Telluride, after a vehicle pursuit and armed standoff.
They both are being investigated for a shooting that occurred in Nashville, Tennessee, on Dec. 3 in which 26-year-old ICU nurse Caitlyn Kaufman was killed.
When asked about the Florida shooting at a press conference earlier this week, Nashville Police said that no connections had been made between the two incidents.