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Fire Chief Fatally Shot While Assisting Accident Victims
A fire battalion chief was shot and killed while helping a couple after their car hit a deer in Alabama.
HuffPostGeorgia Fire Chief Shot And Killed In Alabama After Stopping To Help Driver Who Hit Deer
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Associated PressFire chief fatally shot while helping a couple whose car struck a deer in Alabama
USA TODAYA Georgia fire chief stopped to help a driver who hit a deer. He was then shot and killed.
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James Bartholomew Cauthen, a 54-year-old battalion chief with Coweta County Fire, was fatally shot while aiding a couple involved in a car accident in Alabama. Local resident William Randall Franklin opened fire on Cauthen and the driver when they approached his property seeking help. The driver, who returned fire, was also wounded, but his wife remained unharmed. Franklin will be arrested on murder charges once discharged from the hospital. The incident has left both the firefighting community and local authorities in shock and mourning.
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