We lost one of our brothers, leaders, mentor, and family to a senseless tragedy,” Cauthen's colleagues wrote in a Facebook ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

A 54-year-old battalion chief with Coweta County Fire Rescue was fatally shot Sunday in Alabama while assisting a couple.

A Georgia fire chief was shot to death in Alabama after stopping to help a couple whose car struck a deer, officials said.

The Coweta County fire department is mourning the death of James Bartholomew Cauthen, 54, remembering him as “an amazing, hard-working man with a gentle soul,” who worked for the department for more ...

A fire chief in Alabama has been shot and killed ... One of the shooting victims -- identified as 54-year-old James Bartholomew Cauthen from Moreland, Georgia -- was deceased when authorities ...

Authorities say murder charges have been issued for a man accused of fatally shooting a Georgia fire chief in rural Alabama.

According to the Chambers County Sheriff's Office, Coweta County Fire Battalion Chief James Bartholomew "Bart" Cauthen "was attempting to assist individuals that had struck a deer while traveling ...

The deceased was identified as James Bartholomew Cauthen, a 54-year-old battalion fire chief with Coweta County Fire, the Chambers County Alabama Sheriff's Office confirmed in a news release.