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Fire chief shot and killed after stopping to help driver who hit deer with their car

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A fire chief in Alabama has been shot and killed after he stopped to help a driver who had hit a deer with their car.

The incident occurred at approximately 5 p.m. on Sunday when Chambers County deputies in Alabama were dispatched to County Road 267 near U.S. 431 in the Stroud -- located about 100 miles northeast of Montgomery -- and found three individuals suffering from gunshot wounds upon their arrival.

Police did not immediately say why William Randall Franklin may have opened fire on Cauthen and the unnamed person who struck the deer.

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