A Tennessee man was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the death of a Nashville ICU nurse who was fatally shot while heading to her job late last year, police said.
Cowan was apprehended by Metro Nashville Police Department officials while he was parking his vehicle at an apartment complex in Antioch, a neighborhood about 12 miles southeast of Downtown Nashville.
"Agents surveilled the car as it traveled to the apartment complex from a Sidco Drive motel," according to the release. "It is suspected that Cowan had been staying at the motel for the past few days."
"Recovered from the vehicle after Cowan’s arrest were 2 pistols, one-half pound of marijuana and 5 grams of a white powder," authorities said.
Cowan is alleged to have been with 21-year-old Devaunte Lewis Hill when shots were fired from their vehicle into Kaufman’s car. Hill was arrested on Dec. 11, 2020, Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake told reporters during a press briefing at the time.
Hill is being held at the Nashville Downtown Detention Center and is also facing a criminal homicide charge.
Shortly before 9 p.m. that evening, a Metro Parks officer spotted a vehicle against the guard rail of Interstate-440 and stopped to provide assistance thinking it was a crash site. He then found Kaufman inside the vehicle with gunshot wounds and alerted authorities.
Kaufman was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. She was due at work at 7 p.m. and authorities say they think she was shot in the hour beforehand.
Kaufman was an award-winning nurse and had worked on the frontlines during the pandemic, caring for COVID-19 patients.