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 ...

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

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Coweta County Fire Rescue is mourning the loss of own of their own. Authorities say 54-year-old James Bartholomew Cauthen, who served as a Battalion Chief was ...

The department also acknowledged the outpouring of support from neighboring agencies and the Coweta County community.

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.

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.

One of the men — later identified as 54-year-old Coweta County Battalion Fire Chief James Cauthen — was pronounced dead at ...

The Coweta County community is mourning the loss of one of its fire chiefs to what they are calling a “senseless tragedy.” ...

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