Snejana Farberov, Daily Mail, December 11, 2020
Police in Nashville this morning arrested a 21-year-old man who they say randomly shot and killed a COVID nurse as she drove to work last week.
Members of the Nashville Police Department’s SWAT team acting on a tip apprehended 21-year-old Devaunte Hill at his home in Berkshire Place Apartments at 6.15am on Friday.
Hill was booked into the Davidson County Jail on charges of criminal homicide and assault causing bodily harm in connection with the December 3 killing of 26-year-old Caitlyn Kaufman. He was being held without bond.
BREAKING: Devaunte L. Hill, 21, is in custody for the murder of Nashville nurse Caitlyn Kaufman. MNPD SWAT members arrested him at 6:15 a.m. at his East Nashville apartment. He is being charged with criminal homicide. pic.twitter.com/lJ6LMHy8v7
Nashville SWAT team arrested Devaunte Hill, 21, early Friday for the killing of Caitlyn Kaufman
Kaufman, 26, was on her way to work at St Thomas West Hospital in Nashville on December 3 when her car was struck by gunfire around 6.30pm
Police said they got a tip on Thursday that identified Hill as the suspect and also led them to the 9mm handgun used in the homicide
Kaufman and Hill did not know each other prior to the shooting, cops said
Her mother Diane said she was relieved to hear of Hill s arrest