Photo: Courtesy Bobbie Jean Lane
A Georgia man has been arrested after shooting a teenager while they were hunting together in late September.
They were allegedly hunting illegally, as it was not firearm hunting season does not begin in Georgia, according to theGeorgia Department of National Resources.
Romero-Hernandez was charged with misuse of a firearm while hunting resulting in bodily harm, according to theBrunswick News.
He was also charged with three misdemeanors: hunting with an unlawful weapon, hunting without a big game license and hunting without a license, the outlet reported.
The Glynn County Police did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. A lawyer for Romero-Hernandez could not immediately be located.
Hector Romero-Hernandez.Glynn County Jail
Lane was pronounced dead at the hospital, police said.
A spokesperson for Glynn County Policepreviously told PEOPLE: “I don’t know whether [Romero] just saw the bushes moving and shot him. The group loaded him up into a pick-up truck into the bed and took him to the closest gas station, where they met with an ambulance.”
Lane’s grandmother, Bobbie Jean Lane, expressed anger and devastation at her grandson’s death.
Shepreviously told PEOPLEthat although she rushed to the hospital upon hearing Lane was shot, she was unable to get there in time before he died.
“There’s no deer that stand 6-foot-1 and would be shot directly into the chest. That’s why I’m angry,” Bobbie Jean said. “You cannot tell me somebody thought that a 6-foot-1 boy was a deer. He did not deserve to be done this way.”
AGoFundMe fundraiserwas set up for Lane’s parents to help cover the costs of his funeral shortly after his death.
In the GoFundMe post, Lane is described as “a very avid hunter and fisherman who loved the outdoors.”
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“Now his parents are trying to find the money to pay for his completely unexpected funeral,” the organizer, Lane’s cousin Michael Rawling, wrote. “Any help in donations will go straight to his mother who is trying to make it through this tragedy and arrange his burial.”
As of Wednesday, a little more than $6,000 out of $10,000 had been raised.
source: people.com
