A man has been detained in Fort Worth, Texas, in connection with a Nashville murder that took place on May 18. Dhaeton Hodge, 21, was apprehended by Texas authorities acting upon intelligence developed by detectives from the MNPD TITANS Unit. He is accused in the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old woman, with warrants out of Nashville charging him with criminal homicide and two counts of attempted criminal homicide, City of Nashville reported this development yesterday.
The investigation has thus far revealed that the victim, identified as Kelveonna Holmes, was arriving at 2417 Woodale Lane with her boyfriend and their young child. As they remained in their vehicle, another car drove past the residence, and shots were fired from it. The boyfriend sustained a grazize wound but was later treated and released, while their three-year-old son was luckily uninjured. Hodge, the alleged assailant, now sits in custody, apprehended at a local motel in the Fort Worth area, and is awaiting his extradiction back to Nashville to fully answer these grave allegations.
Details gleaned from the City of Nashville statement reveal that first responders rendered aid to Holmes before she was taken to Skyline Medical Center, where she ultimately succumbed to her injuries. The Homicide Unit's persistent work not only led to the discovery of the vehicle involved in Cheatham County but also to the identification of Hodge as the suspect in this violent incident.
Authorities remain vigilant, committed to tirelessly piecing together evidence which may shed light on such darkness.
