A Georgia fire chief was shot to death in Alabama after stopping to help a couple whose car struck a deer, officials said. James Bartholomew Cauthen was the battalion chief for the Coweta County Fire Department.

An Alabama fire chief was killed in a shootout after he stopped to help a driver who ran over a deer. The individual responsible and the driver were both injured, and the shooter now faces murder char

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