A fire battalion chief died after an Alabama man shot him while he was trying to help a driver who hit a deer.

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

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

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

James Bartholomew Cauthen, the battalion chief for the Coweta County Fire Rescue, was fatally shot after helping a couple ...

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

Coweta County Battalion Fire Chief James Bartholomew Cauthen was found dead and two others injured with gunshot wounds, the ...