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Georgia fire chief shot dead while helping driver who hit deer in Alabama

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James Bartholomew Cauthen , a fire chief with Coweta County Fire in Georgia , was shot and killed in rural Alabama .

He was trying to assist a driver stranded in the road when he approached his home.

He and the driver approached the home of William Randall Franklin , a sheriff's office says.

Authorities say they will charge Franklin with murder in the shooting.