Murder of Caitlyn Kaufman
The murder of Caitlyn Kaufman occurred on December 3, 2020 when 26-year-old white female Caitlyn Kaufman was shot and killed while driving to work by 21-year-old black male Devaunte Hill and 28-year-old black male James Edward Cowan.[1]
| Murder of Caitlyn Kaufman | |
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 Victim Caitlyn Kaufman | |
| Location | Right shoulder of I-440 between West End Ave and Hillsboro Road exits, Nashville, TN[2] |
| Coordinates | 36°07′44″N 86°48′57″W / 36.12901306°N 86.81591146°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed. |
| Date | December 3, 2020 6:05pm to 6:10pm |
Attack type | Murder |
| Victim | Caitlyn Kaufman, 26-year-old white female |
| Assailants |
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Devaunte L. Hill | |
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| Criminal charge |
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James Edward Cowan | |
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| Criminal charge |
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Incident[edit]
Caitlyn Kaufman, a nurse who worked in the Intensive Care Unit at Saint Thomas West Hospital,[6] was driving to work on I-440 in Nashville, TN on the evening of December 3, 2020. Some time between 6:05pm and 6:10pm, Kaufman's car was shot six times while she was driving.[6]
At least one of the shots hit Kaufman, killing her. According to a Davidson County Medical Examiner, Kaufman "was killed by a single gunshot that entered her left shoulder and likely died within 15 seconds."[6]
According to local news WZTV, it was the third time that a nurse working at Saint Thomas West Hospital had been murdered in the past four years.[7]
Arrests[edit]
At 6:15am on December 11, 2020, Devaunte L. Hill, a 21-year-old black male was arrested at his apartment by a SWAT team and charged with the murder.[5]
It was discovered that Hill had a lengthy criminal past, including four attempted murder charges stemming from when he was a juvenile, and attempted to murder his family after his grandmother and mother woke him up for school and he didn't want to go.[8]
On January 6, 2021, Nashville police announced they were looking for a second suspect, James Edward Cowan,[9] who was placed at the scene of the crime by cell phone data. Cowan was arrested by police on January 12, 2021, where they recovered "2 pistols, one-half pound of marijuana and 5 grams of a white powder" from Cowan's vehicle.[10]
Like Hill, Cowan had a long list of prior convictions to his name, including robbery, firearm and drug possession, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and evading arrest.[9]
See Also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2020/12/12/caitlyn-kaufman-shooting-what-we-know-suspect-devaunte-hill/6514317002/
- ↑ https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/2021/01/06/james-edward-cowan-named-suspect-nashville-nurse-caitlyn-kaufman-interstate-shooting/6571527002/
- ↑ http://dcso.nashville.gov/Search/Details/949633?searchType=Person
- ↑ http://dcso.nashville.gov/Search/Details/950769?searchType=Person
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 https://twitter.com/MNPDNashville/status/1337430851722899459
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/2020/12/07/nashville-nurse-caitlyn-kaufman-shooting-case-metro-police-update/3862211001/
- ↑ https://fox17.com/news/local/third-nashville-nurse-working-at-st-thomas-west-found-murdered-in-four-years-crime-tennessee
- ↑ https://conandaily.com/2020/12/12/devaunte-lewis-hill-biography-13-things-about-black-man-who-shot-caitlyn-kaufman-in-nashville/
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/james-cowan-idd-as-2nd-suspect-in-caitlyn-kaufmans-killing
- ↑ https://www.nashville.gov/News-Media/News-Article/ID/10507/Second-Suspect-in-Murder-of-Nashville-Nurse-Caitlyn-Kaufman-Arrested.aspx
