The man accused of killing a Georgia battalion fire chief and injuring another person has been extradited to Chambers County to face charges.

Leanna Washington, 36, of LaGrange, Georgia, was found dead in the James Morgan County Detention Facility in LaFayette.

Authorities have issued an arrest warrant for a man accused of killing a Georgia fire official and injuring another person Sunday in Chambers County.

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.

CHAMBERS COUNTY, Ala. — The Georgia community is mourning after a Coweta County firefighter was shot and killed while trying to help a motorist who struck a deer in the road in Alabama on Sunday.

A Georgia fire chief has been fatally shot after stopping to help a couple who struck a deer with their car in Alabama. Coweta 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.

According to an online obituary, a visitation will be held for Coweta County Fire Battalion Chief James Bartholomew "Bart" Cauthen on Monday, Jan. 27, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Unity Baptist Church on Smokey Road in Newnan.

A resident in the area opened fire on Battalion Chief Bart Cauthen and the driver as they walked up his driveway for help.

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

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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Coweta County Fire Battalion Chief James Bartholomew "Bart" Cauthen was shot and killed in Alabama trying to help a driver who'd hit a deer.