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 chief in Alabama has been shot and killed after he stopped to help a driver who had hit a deer with their vehicle, police said.

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

James Bartholomew Cauthen, the fire battalion chief for Coweta County, was on the side of the road helping a driver who had hit a deer, according to the Chambers County Sheriff’s Office.