A well-regarded Alabama fire chief who stopped to help a driver that hit a deer was killed when a homeowner opened fire on the pair Sunday night, according to authorities. Coweta County Fire Battalion Chief James Bartholomew Cauthen and the driver involved in the accident were walking up a driveway near County Road 276 in Chambers County around 5 p.

A fire chief in Alabama has been shot and killed after he stopped to help a driver who had hit a deer with their vehicle, police said.

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

A Georgia fire chief has been fatally shot after stopping to help a couple who struck a deer with their car in Alabama. Coweta County Battalion Fire Chief James Bartholomew Cauthen was found dead and two others injured with gunshot wounds in the Stroud neighborhood at around 5:00 p.