A “courageous health care hero” was shot and killed on her way to her job as a nurse at a Tennessee hospital's intensive care unit.
Nashville police said Caitlyn Marie Kaufman, 26, was struck by bullets fired into her SUV as she drove on Interstate 440 around 6:30 p.m.Thursday. “The vehicle came to rest on the right shoulder of the road against the guard rail between the Hillsboro Pike and West End Avenue exits,” police said Friday. “A Metro Parks officer stopped to check on it at 8:52 p.m., discovered that Kaufman had been shot, and called for assistance from Midtown Hills Precinct officers.” Caitlyn Marie Kaufman, 26, worked as an ICU nurse at a Nashville hospital.