Fire chief shot, killed

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.
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.
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.
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.
'Senseless tragedy' | Alabama fire battalion chief shot and killed while trying to help driver who hit deer in Alabama
An Alabama fire battalion chief remembered as a brother, leader, and mentor was shot and killed in Alabama while trying to help a driver who'd hit a deer.
Alabama fire chief fatally shot 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 shot and killed after stopping to help driver who hit deer with their car
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.
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.
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.
Georgia fire chief shot dead while helping driver who hit deer in Alabama
Authorities say murder charges have been issued for a man accused of fatally shooting a Georgia fire chief in rural Alabama.
Memorial services for Georgia battalion chief killed after helping a driver hit by a deer
The incident that claimed Cauthen's life happened on Sunday, Jan. 19.
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