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Altus PD building memorial for first black officer, only officer killed in line of duty Altus PD building memorial for first black officer, only officer killed in line of duty By Will Hutchison | February 23, 2021 at 5:15 PM CST - Updated February 23 at 5:19 PM ALTUS, Okla. (TNN) - Altus Police are working to build a memorial for a man who was the first black officer in department history and is still the only officer ever killed in the line of duty in Altus. On January 7, 1934, Officer John Henry Hill was on his way to a Masons meeting in Altus. “He encountered two men who were heavily intoxicated and at that time, Altus was segregated, and they were in the black portion of town. For his safety, he patted them down, but they did not have weapons at that time. He ordered them to leave the area because he thought they were going to cause trouble,” said Detective Devin Dickerson. ....
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. ....
Copy to Clipboard (Nashville Metro PD) The man who shot the 26-year-old nurse Caitlyn Kaufman to death while she was on her way to work, has been arrested by the Metro Nashville Police Department’s SWAT team. He was taken into custody on December 3 in connection to the slaying of Kaufman, reports Tennessean.com. The members of the SWAT team arrested Devaunte Lewis Hill from his East Nashville apartment complex on December 11. The accused has been reportedly charged with criminal homicide in Kaufman’s killing along Insterstate 440 west in Nashville. The arrest affidavit states that on December 10, the police were tipped off by an informant, which led to Hill’s arrest. The concerned citizen reportedly told the police that they had information about the killing and provided details about the gun used in the shooting. ....