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.

A man fatally shot a fire chief and wounded the driver of a car that hit a deer in rural Alabama when they walked on his property to ask for help.

A man accused of killing a Georgia fire chief who’d stopped to help a driver who struck a deer has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting, a police official said Tuesday.

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 fire chief was shot dead after trying to get help for a couple who had hit a deer in Alabama. According to officials in Chambers County, Chief James Bartholomew "Bart" Cauthen, 54, went to the home of 33-year-old William Randall Franklin for help. Franklin then allegedly opened fire unprovoked.

Funeral arrangements have been announced for the Coweta County Fire Rescue battalion chief who was shot and killed on Jan. 19 while helping a driver in Alabama who had struck a deer.

An Alabama fire battalion chief remembered as a brother, leader, and mentor was shot and killed in Alabama while trying to help a driver who'd hit a deer.

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

We lost one of our brothers, leaders, mentor, and family to a senseless tragedy,” his colleagues wrote in a Facebook post.

A man fatally shot a fire battalion chief and wounded the driver of a car that hit a deer in rural Alabama. Authorities say Coweta County Fire Chief James Bartholomew

We lost one of our brothers, leaders, mentor, and family to a senseless tragedy,” Cauthen’s colleagues wrote in a Facebook post.