In Chambers County, Alabama, a Georgia county fire chief, James Bartholomew Cauthen, was fatally shot after attempting to assist a couple who had struck a deer while traveling. WXIA's Cody Alcorn reports.
Investigators tell WRBL the suspect, William Randall Franklin, 33, allegedly opened fire on Cauthen and the driver without warning as they approached Franklin's home to seek help.
A Georgia fire chief was shot dead after stopping to help motorists who had hit a deer in Alabama. A man who lived nearby now faces murder charges.
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.
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.
Authorities have issued an arrest warrant for a man accused of killing a Georgia fire official and injuring another person Sunday in Chambers County.
A fire battalion chief from Georgia was killed in a roadside shooting that injured two other people in Chambers County on Sunday night, the sheriff’s office said. “We lost one of our brothers, leaders, mentor, and family to a senseless tragedy,” the Coweta County Fire Rescue Department posted on Facebook last night.
A resident in the area opened fire on Battalion Chief Bart Cauthen and the driver as they walked up his driveway for help.
An Alabama man shot a Georgia fire chief to death on Sunday for approaching his home. James Bartholomew Cauthen, 54, had stopped to help a couple who had struck a deer on County Road 267 in Chambers County Sunday afternoon.
A man fatally shot a fire chief and wounded the driver of a car that hit a deer in rural Alabama when they walked on his property to ask for help.
Authorities say murder charges have been issued for a man accused of fatally shooting a Georgia fire chief in rural Alabama.
A man fatally shot a fire battalion chief and wounded the driver of a car that hit a deer in rural Alabama. Authorities say Coweta County Fire Chief James Bartholomew