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

A man accused of killing a Georgia fire chief who’d stopped to help a driver who struck a deer has been arrested in ...

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

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 ...

Alabama town's mayor and council remain locked in a stalemate over leadership as fired fire chief sues for $500,000 in back ...

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

Coweta County Fire Rescue continues to be devastated by the tragic passing of Battalion Chief Bart Cauthen,” the fallen chief ...

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.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Share CHAMBERS COUNTY, Ala. (AP) — A man fatally shot a fire battalion chief and wounded the driver of a ...

James Cauthen was killed on Sunday as he and the driver he was assisting came under fire while seeking help in Stroud, Ala., ...

Authorities say murder charges have been issued for a man accused of fatally shooting a Georgia fire chief in rural Alabama.

A fire chief died in Alabama after being shot and killed while trying to help a driver who struck a deer, police say. The Coweta County Fire Rescue in Georgia is now mourning the loss of Battalion ...