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

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

A Coweta County battalion fire chief was killed Sunday while stopping to help a stranded driver in on County Road 267 in Chambers County. Alabama, according to

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 for more than 24 years, according to a Facebook post.

CHAMBERS COUNTY, Ala. — A Coweta County Fire battalion chief remembered as a brother, leader and mentor was shot and killed in Alabama on Sunday trying to help a driver who'd hit a deer.

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

A 29-year-old Lineville, Alabama man is in custody, charged with attempted murder for allegedly shaking his 4-month-old daughter so violently it caused severe head

A 29-year-old Chambers County man has been arrested and charged with attempted murder after being accused of violently shaking his 4-month-old daughter, causing significant head trauma. According to a complaint filed by investigators with the Chambers County Sheriff’s Office,

A Georgia fire chief was shot dead after stopping to help motorists who had hit a deer in Alabama. A man who lived nearby now faces murder charges.

CHAMBERS COUNTY, Ala. (WRBL ... killed Sunday while helping a stranded couple after they hit a deer in rural Alabama. Investigators tell WRBL the suspect, William Randall Franklin, 33 ...

CHAMBERS COUNTY, Ala. — A man fatally shot a fire battalion chief and wounded the driver of a car that hit a deer in rural Alabama, authorities said. The Coweta County fire department is ...

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.