Coweta County fire Battalion Chief James “Bart” Bartholomew Cauthen, 54, was fatally shot in Alabama on Sunday while helping a couple who had hit a deer.

James Bartholomew Cauthen, the fire battalion chief for Coweta County, was on the side of the road helping a driver who had hit a deer, according to the Chambers County Sheriff’s Office.

James Bartholomew Cauthen, a fire chief with Georgia’s Coweta County Fire Rescue, had stopped to assist the couple sometime before 5 p.m. on County Road 267, according to officials.

According to an online obituary, a visitation will be held for Coweta County Fire Battalion Chief James Bartholomew "Bart" Cauthen on Monday, Jan. 27, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Unity Baptist Church ...

James Bartholomew Cauthen, a fire chief with Georgia’s Coweta County Fire Rescue, had stopped to assist the couple sometime before 5 p.m. on County Road 267, according to officials.

Coweta County Fire Battalion Chief James Bartholomew "Bart" Cauthen was laid to rest on Tuesday. ... He was shot and killed on Jan. 19 trying to help a stranded driver who'd hit a deer in Alabama.

The Coweta County fire department is mourning the death of James Bartholomew Cauthen, 54, remembering him as “an amazing, hard-working man with a gentle soul,” who worked for the department ...

The deceased was identified as James Bartholomew Cauthen, a 54-year-old battalion fire chief with Coweta County Fire, the Chambers County Alabama Sheriff's Office confirmed in a news release. The ...

James Bartholomew Cauthen, a fire chief with Georgia’s Coweta County Fire Rescue, had stopped to assist the couple sometime before 5 p.m. on County Road 267, according to officials.