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

Cauthen was with Coweta County Fire Rescue for over 24 years and was described as an "amazing, hard-working man with a gentle ...

GEORGIA, USA — A visitation and memorial service will be held over the next two days for a Georgia battalion chief who was killed in Alabama while trying to help a driver who hit a deer.

Coweta County Fire Rescue continues to be devastated by the tragic passing of Battalion Chief Bart Cauthen,” the fallen chief’s department said in a statement on Monday.

We lost one of our brothers, leaders, mentor, and family to a senseless tragedy,” Cauthen's colleagues wrote in a Facebook post.

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 Alabama, investigators say.

A fire chief in Alabama has been shot and killed after he stopped to help a driver who had hit a deer with their vehicle, ...

James Bartholomew Cauthen, the battalion chief for the Coweta County Fire Rescue, was fatally shot after helping a couple ...

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

Coweta County Fire Chief James Bartholomew Cauthen, 54, was killed in a shootout on Sunday while attempting to help the two unidentified drivers. Investigators told WRBL News that Cauthen was ...

James Cauthen was killed on Sunday as he and the driver he was assisting came under fire while seeking help in Stroud, Ala., the authorities said. A man was charged with murder.

James Bartholomew Cauthen, a battalion fire chief in Georgia’s Coweta County, was fatally shot Sunday in Alabama after leaving his residence there and helping a couple who had struck a deer with their ...