A man fatally shot a fire battalion chief and wounded the driver of a car that hit a deer in rural Alabama, authorities 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 than 24 years, according to a Facebook post.

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Fire chief fatally shot while helping a couple whose car struck a deer in Alabama

CHAMBERS COUNTY, Ala. (AP) — A man fatally shot a fire battalion chief and wounded the driver of a car that hit a deer in rural Alabama, authorities said.

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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.

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A Georgia fire chief stopped to help a driver who hit a deer. He was then shot and killed.

Coweta County Fire Battalion Chief James Bartholomew Cauthen and the driver involved in the accident were walking up a driveway near County Road 276 in Chambers County looking for help when William Randall Franklin began to allegedly shoot at the pair without warning.

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CHAMBERS COUNTY, Ala.—A man fatally shot a fire battalion chief and wounded the driver of a car that hit a deer in rural Alabama, authorities 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 than 24 years, according to a Facebook post.
Cauthen was helping a couple whose car had struck a deer …

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Fire Chief With ‘Gentle Soul’ Killed While Helping Couple Stranded in Rural Alabama

Deputies in Alabama arrived to find James Cauthen, who owned a property nearby, dead and two others with gunshot wounds.

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Georgia Fire Chief Shot And Killed In Alabama After Stopping To Help Driver Who Hit Deer

A man accused of killing a Georgia fire chief who’d stopped to help a driver who struck a deer has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting, a police official said Tuesday.

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After a couple struck a deer in Alabama, a fire chief who stopped to help was fatally shot

CHAMBERS COUNTY, Ala. (AP) — A man fatally shot a fire battalion chief and wounded the driver of a car that hit a deer Sunday night in rural Alabama, authorities 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 than 24 years, according to a Facebook post. Cauthen was helping a couple whose ca…

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Fire chief with “gentle soul” killed while helping a couple stranded in rural Alabama

The incident occurred in Alabama on Sunday, Jan. 19, according to policeCoweta County Fire Rescue Facebook (2) Battalion Chief Bart Cauthen was shot dead A Georgia fire chief has been fatally shot after stopping to help a couple who struck a deer with their car in Alabama.Coeweta County Battalion Fire Chief James Bartholomew Cauthen was found dead and two others injured with gunshot wounds in the Stroud neighborhood at around 5:00 p.m. on Sunday…

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