Coweta County Fire Battalion Chief James Bartholomew Cauthen and the driver involved in the accident were walking up a driveway near County Road 276 in Chambers County around 5 p.m. looking for ...

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.

GEORGIA, USA — A visitation and memorial service will be held over the next two days for a Georgia battalion chief who was killed in Alabama while trying to help a driver who hit a deer.

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

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.

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

A man fatally shot a fire battalion chief and wounded the driver of a car that hit a deer in rural Alabama, authorities said.

A Georgia county fire chief was fatally shot in Alabama after attempting to assist individuals who had struck a deer while traveling, police said. The deceased was identified as James Bartholomew ...