Georgia Fire Chief Fatally Shot After Stopping to Help Stranded Motorists in Alabama
Lafayette, AL — A tragic series of events unfolded in rural Alabama, leading to the death of a Georgia fire chief who had stopped to help a couple after their car struck a deer. The compassionate act took a violent turn when a shootout ensued, leaving the chief dead and two others wounded. On the evening of January 19, James Bartholomew “Bart” Cauthen, a battalion chief with Coweta County Fire Rescue, came across a couple …