NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities in Tennessee have arrested a third person in connection to the fatal shooting of a nurse on Interstate 440 last month.
Dimeneshia Carter, 21, was charged Tuesday with harboring a fugitive following the arrest of her boyfriend, 28-year-old James Cowan, on a charge of criminal homicide, news outlets reported, citing a statement from police.
Cowan, 28, was apprehended Tuesday at a Nashville apartment complex. An arrest warrant was issued last week charging him in the Dec. 3 slaying of Caitlyn Kaufman, police said. Kaufman, 26, was killed as she drove to work at St. Thomas West Hospital.
Another suspect, Devaunte Lewis Hill, 21, was arrested Dec. 11 on a criminal homicide charge in connection with Kaufman’s death.
No motive has been given in the shooting.
A police investigation found that Cowan and Hill know each other and a cellphone analysis puts both men in the area when Kaufman was shot, authorities said.
Police said during Carter’s arrest, they confiscated two guns, 126 rounds of ammunition, marijuana, cocaine and other drugs from her car, and they seized $2,159 from Cowan.
More charges are anticipated in connection to the guns and drugs, police said.
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