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 Georgia fire chief was shot dead after stopping to help motorists who had hit a deer in Alabama. A man who lived nearby now faces murder charges.

Investigators tell WRBL the suspect, William Randall Franklin, 33, allegedly opened fire on Cauthen and the driver without warning as they approached Franklin’s home to seek help.

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

A fire battalion chief from Georgia was killed in a roadside shooting that injured two other people in Chambers County on Sunday night, the sheriff’s office said. “We lost one of our brothers, leaders, mentor, and family to a senseless tragedy,” the Coweta County Fire Rescue Department posted on Facebook last night.

CHAMBERS COUNTY, AL — A fire chief in Alabama has been shot and killed ... as 54-year-old James Bartholomew Cauthen from Moreland, Georgia -- was deceased when authorities arrived.

The Carroll County Chamber of Commerce held the State of the County event on Thursday, during which Carroll County Commission Chairman Michelle Morgan led the event.

The Coweta County community is mourning the loss of one of its fire chiefs to what they are calling a “senseless tragedy.”

Coweta County Fire Rescue Chief James 'Bart' Bartholomew Cauthen, 54, Moreland, Georgia, was fatally shot after he stopped to help a driver who had hit a deer in Alabama.

Coweta County Battalion Fire Chief James Bartholomew Cauthen was found dead and two others injured with gunshot wounds, the Chambers County Alabama Sheriff's Office said in a news release.

The state of Georgia is seeking another Supreme Court showdown over the Voting Rights Act. The state asked a federal appeals court to interpret the 1965 law in a way that could make it much harder to prove minority votes have been illegally diluted.