CHAMBERS COUNTY, Ala. — A Coweta County Fire battalion chief remembered as a brother, leader and mentor was shot and killed in Alabama on Sunday trying to help a driver who’d hit a deer.
According to the Chambers County Sheriff’s Office, Coweta County Fire Battalion Chief James Bartholomew “Bart” Cauthen “was attempting to assist individuals that had struck a deer while traveling on County Road 267” when a nearby resident opened fire on them.
11Alive’s Cody Alcorn learned the suspect, identified as William Randall Franklin, allegedly began firing when Cauthen and the driver who’d struck the deer were walking up Franklin’s driveway to get help…