Caitlyn Kaufman's dog Zeus(right) and father Rick Kaufman lead a walk in her memory with her brother Tyler and his dog Mia Saturday at Butler Memorial Park. Kaufman was shot and killed while driving to work in Tennesee in December of 2020, in an alleged road rage incident. Friends and family gathered for a walk and service in her honor.

A crowd of over 200 people gathered at Butler Memorial Park Saturday evening to remember Caitlyn Kaufman.

A 2012 Butler High School graduate, Kaufman was shot and killed Dec. 3 while driving to work in Nashville, Tenn., where she was a nurse in the intensive care unit at St. Thomas West Hospital. She was 26.

Police suspect road rage was the motive.

Two men, Devaunte Hill, 21, and James Cowan, 28, are facing first-degree murder charges and await trial. Both have pleaded not guilty.

But Saturday's memorial walk and candlelight vigil focused not on Kaufman's untimely death, but on her life.

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