Fire chief shot, killed after stopping to help driver who struck a deer in Alabama
We lost one of our brothers, leaders, mentor, and family to a senseless tragedy,” Cauthen's colleagues wrote in a Facebook post.
A Georgia fire chief stopped to help a driver who hit a deer. He was then shot and killed.
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.
Fire chief shot dead while helping couple whose car struck a deer in Alabama
A Georgia fire chief was shot to death in Alabama after stopping to help a couple whose car struck a deer, officials said.
Coweta battalion fire chief killed after stopping to help stranger in Alabama
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.
Georgia fire chief fatally shot in Alabama while helping driver who hit 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.
Fire Chief Killed in ‘Bizarre’ Shootout After Car Hits Deer
Officials in Alabama have uncovered tragic new details in the “bizarre” shooting death of a fire chief who was trying to assist two drivers who had accidentally hit a deer.
Alabama Fire Chief Shot Dead After Stopping to Help Drivers Who Hit a Deer
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 of 33-year-old William Randall Franklin for help. Franklin then allegedly opened fire unprovoked.
After a couple struck a deer in Alabama, a fire chief who stopped to help was fatally shot
A man accused of killing a Georgia fire chief who’d stopped to help a driver who struck a deer has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting, a police official said Tuesday.
Fire chief shot and killed after aiding driver whose car struck deer
James Bartholomew Cauthen, the battalion chief for the Coweta County Fire Rescue, was fatally shot after helping a couple whose car struck a deer on Saturday.
Fire Chief Is Fatally Shot After Stopping to Help Driver Who Struck Deer
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.
Fire chief fatally shot while helping couple whose car struck a deer in Alabama
A man fatally shot a fire chief and wounded the driver of a car that hit a deer in rural Alabama when they walked on his property to ask for help.
Coweta County Fire Rescue escort slain battalion chief Bart Cauthen to funeral home
Coweta County Fire Battalion Chief James Bartholomew "Bart" Cauthen was shot and killed in Alabama trying to help a driver who'd hit a deer.
Community mourns loss of Ga. fire official killed in Alabama
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Coweta County Fire Rescue is mourning the loss of own of their own. Authorities say 54-year-old James Bartholomew Cauthen, who served as a Battalion Chief was ...