Jon Anthony Hamilton, a 27-year-old convicted felon, has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of Kianna Cayetano, 35, at the Hickory Lake apartment complex located at 3939 Apache Trail in Nashville. The incident occurred on October 27th.
Hamilton faces charges of criminal homicide and aggravated assault. Alongside the murder charge, he is accused of injuring Cayetano’s boyfriend, Jarred Kleinert, by inflicting a laceration to his throat during the same event. Investigation reveals that Hamilton, an acquaintance of the victims, along with an accomplice, allegedly visited the apartment with the intention of robbery.
The arrest was carried out by TITANS detectives on Monday evening when Hamilton returned to the same apartment complex. Efforts are ongoing to locate the accomplice involved in the crime.
Detective Joseph Gawlowski of the Homicide Unit is leading the investigation into this case. Hamilton’s criminal background includes a 2018 robbery conviction, for which he received an eight-year probated sentence. He was previously arrested on probation violation warrants in 2019 and again in June of this year. Hamilton is currently held on a $550,000 bond.
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