A fire battalion chief died after an Alabama man shot him while he was trying to help a driver who hit a deer.

A Coweta Fire Rescue Department firefighter died on Sunday after a man shot him and a driver who hit a deer in Alabama.

A resident in the area opened fire on Battalion Chief Bart Cauthen and the driver as they walked up his driveway for help.

Coweta County Battalion Fire Chief James Bartholomew Cauthen was shot and killed after pulling over to help someone who hit a ...

James Cauthen, a 54-year-old fire chief with Coweta County Fire in Georgia, was shot and killed while helping drivers who hit ...

The Coweta County fire chief was shot to death over the weekend when he stopped to help a stranger who had hit a deer in ...

A Georgia fire chief was shot to death in Alabama after stopping to help a couple whose car struck a deer, officials said.

An Alabama fire battalion chief remembered as a brother, leader, and mentor was shot and killed in Alabama while trying to ...

CHAMBERS COUNTY, Ala. — A Coweta County fire battalion chief died on Sunday after an Alabama man shot him while he was trying to help a driver who hit a deer. James Bartholomew Cauthen ...

CHAMBERS COUNTY, Ala. — The Georgia community is mourning after a Coweta County firefighter was shot and killed while trying ...

The department also acknowledged the outpouring of support from neighboring agencies and the Coweta County community.

CHAMBERS COUNTY, Ala. -- A man fatally shot a fire battalion chief and wounded the driver of a car that hit a deer in rural Alabama, authorities said.