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.

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

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

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

According to an online obituary, a visitation will be held for Coweta County Fire Battalion Chief James Bartholomew "Bart" ...

Coweta County Fire Rescue continues to be devastated by the tragic passing of Battalion Chief Bart Cauthen,” the fallen chief’s department said in a statement on Monday.

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

Officials in Alabama have uncovered tragic new details in the “bizarre” shooting death of a fire chief who was trying to ...

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

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