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

Bart Cauthen was shot and killed while trying to help a stranded driver.

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 escorted home the body of a beloved fire battalion chief who died in an Alabama shooting.

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

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

A 54-year-old battalion chief with Coweta County Fire Rescue was fatally shot Sunday in Alabama while assisting a couple.

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, police said.

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

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

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

A fire chief was shot dead after trying to get help for a couple who had hit a deer in Alabama. According to officials in Chambers County, Chief James Bartholomew "Bart" Cauthen, 54, went to the home ...