Tearful father Rick Kaufman charged two men accused of shooting his daughter as he met them in person for the first time at a preliminary hearing ahead of their trial. He was temporarily removed from the courtroom in Nashville. Devaunte Hill and James Cowan face murder charges in the death of Caitlyn Kaufman, 26. The ICU nurse was driving to her shift at Ascension St. Hospital. Thomas on December 3, 2020, when he encountered Cowan and Hill on a street. An informant told police Hill became enraged when Kaufman cut them off and began shooting at her vehicle. The Pennsylvania native was able to maneuver her car onto the shoulder after being hit, but died a short time later before she could call 911. Kaufman was allowed back in court Wednesday and teary-eyed as Cowan and Hill re-entered. Rick Kaufman, the father of murdered Tennessee nurse Caitlin Kaufman, came down on his daughters’ alleged killers in court. WSMVCaitlin was fatally shot in a road rage incident while driving to work in Nashville in December 2020. Facebook A lead detective told the court this week how a responding officer spotted Kaufman’s car on the side of the road and assumed he had been involved in an accident. But as he approached, the officer saw bullet holes in the vehicle and Kaufman slumped over the steering wheel. The car was still running and her foot stayed on the brake. Hill was arrested six days after the shooting, while Cowan, who was found with two handguns in his car, was taken into custody about a month later. Devaunte Hill and James Cowan face murder charges at their trial in January. Nashville Metro Police Department Officers said cell phone data placed both men in the area of the shooting and that they have criminal histories. The case is scheduled to go to trial in January. “We can’t understand how there is anyone out there who could do this to her,” a relative told WKRN after her death. “She loved what she did, she was a nurse. She loved helping people.”
