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

Bart Cauthen was shot and killed while trying to help a stranded driver.

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.

James Bartholomew "Bart" Cauthen was deeply beloved by the Coweta County Fire community and in his hometown of Moreland, Georgia.

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

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 ...

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

A 54-year-old battalion chief with Coweta County Fire Rescue was fatally shot Sunday in Alabama while assisting a couple.

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

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 ...

CHAMBERS COUNTY, Ala. — The Georgia community is mourning after a Coweta County firefighter was shot and killed while trying ...

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