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

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

A Georgia fire chief who was reportedly trying to help a couple who hit a deer with their car in Alabama died after being ...

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

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 Georgia fire chief was shot and killed in Alabama over the weekend after he stopped to help out a driver who struck a deer in Chambers County, police say.

A Coweta County fire battalion chief was tragically killed Sunday evening in Chambers County, Alabama, while trying to help a driver who had struck a deer. James Bartholomew “Bart” Cauthen, […] ...

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

One of the men — later identified as 54-year-old Coweta County Battalion Fire Chief James Cauthen — was pronounced dead at ...

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

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

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.