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

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.

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 ...

A Coweta Fire Rescue Department firefighter died on Sunday after a man shot him and a driver who hit a deer in Alabama.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.