MURDERED NASHVILLE NURSE IS SECOND FROM PA TO BE KILLED ON TN INTERSTATES
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — In a cruel twist of fate, Caitlyn Kaufman is the second nursing school graduate from Butler County Community College in Pennsylvania to be killed on a Tennessee interstate.
Saint Thomas West Hospital nurse Caitlyn Kaufman was shot and killed on Interstate 440 last Thursday when someone opened fire on her SUV while she was driving to work. She was just 26 years old.
Kaufman was from the small city of Chicora, Pennsylvania, in Butler County. She received her nursing degree from Butler County Community College.
Twenty-three-year-old Sarah Kasunic also graduated from Butler County Community College. She was working as a nurse in Knoxville in December of 2019.
She was stopped along Interstate 40 in Knoxville when a good Samaritan stopped to help her. Moments later, a driver slammed into both women, killing Kasunic and 38-year-old Ashley Moore. The driver was charged with vehicular homicide and driving under the influence.
A tip from a concerned citizen led to the arrest this morning of an East Nashville man in connection with the murder of Caitlyn.
At a press conference Friday morning, Nashville Police Chief John Drake said MNPD SWAT members arrested 21-year-old Devaunte Hill at 6:15 a.m. Friday at Hill’s East Nashville apartment. Hill is being charged with criminal homicide.