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

A fire chief died in Alabama ... scene," the Chambers County Sheriff's Office said. "The deceased victim is identified as James Bartholomew Cauthen, 54 years of age from Moreland, Georgia ...

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

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.

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

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

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 Georgia county fire chief was fatally shot ... a 54-year-old battalion fire chief with Coweta County Fire, the Chambers County Alabama Sheriff's Office confirmed in a news release.

GEORGIA, USA — Funeral services have been announced for a Georgia battalion chief who was killed in Alabama while trying ... Jan. 19. The Chambers County Sheriff's Office described the incident ...