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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Authorities say a man accused of killing a fire official and injuring another person in a shooting was arrested on murder charges.

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.

The Coweta County fire chief was shot to death over the weekend when he stopped to help a stranger who had hit a deer in Alabama, investigators say.

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