A resident in the area opened fire on Battalion Chief Bart Cauthen and the driver as they walked up his driveway for help.
A Georgia fire chief was shot and killed in Alabama over the weekend after he stopped to help out a driver who struck a deer in Chambers County, police say.
The department also acknowledged the outpouring of support from neighboring agencies and the Coweta County community.
James Cauthen, a 54-year-old fire chief with Coweta County Fire in Georgia, was shot and killed while helping drivers who hit ...
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.
Authorities say murder charges have been issued for a man accused of fatally shooting a Georgia fire chief in rural Alabama.