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

A fire battalion chief, James Bartholomew Cauthen, was fatally shot while assisting a couple whose car struck a deer in Alabama.
The shooter, William Randall Franklin, 33, opened fire, killing Cauthen and wounding the driver.
Cauthen was remembered as 'an amazing, hard-working man with a gentle soul' by the Coweta County Fire Department.
Franklin will be arrested on a murder warrant once he is released, according to WBLR.

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Alabama fire chief shot dead after stopping to help drivers who hit a deer

James Bartholomew "Bart" Cauthen died at the scene after being shot.

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Fire chief shot, killed after stopping to help driver who struck a deer in Alabama

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to specify where the victim was employed as a fire chief. (WRBL) – A fire chief was shot and killed in Alabama on Sunday while helping a stranded couple who struck a deer with their car in Chambers County. James Bartholomew Cauthen, a fire chief with Georgia's Coweta County Fire Rescue, had stopped to assist the couple sometime before 5 p.m. on County Road 267, according to officials. Investigators to…

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Alabama fire chief shot, killed after stopping to help driver who struck a deer

(WRBL) – A fire chief in Alabama was shot and killed Sunday while helping a stranded couple who struck a deer with their car in Chambers County. Coweta County Fire Chief James Bartholomew Cauthen, 54, had stopped to assist the couple sometime before 5 p.m. on County Road 267, according to officials. Investigators told Nexstar's WRBL that Cauthen and the driver then approached the home of William Randall Franklin, 33, for help, at which point Fra…

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One man is dead and two more were injured after a fire chief stopped to help a driver who hit a deer Sunday evening. Coweta County Fire Rescue battalion chief James Bartholomew Cauthen was driving near Stroud, Alabama when he saw a motorist who needed help. The two men then tried to go to a nearby property for help…Read more...

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