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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

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