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.

A fire battalion chief died after an Alabama man shot him while he was trying to help a driver who hit a deer.

An Alabama fire battalion chief remembered as a brother, leader, and mentor was shot and killed in Alabama while trying to help a driver who'd hit a deer.