Seventeen-year-old Bobby Lee Lane was killed during a hunting trip in a wooded area off Myers Hill Road in Brunswick, Georgia, on Saturday, September 28, 2019. Described as a hardworking outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing, Lane was with an acquaintance, Hector Romero-Hernandez, when Romero-Hernandez fired a rifle after hearing rustling and, he later said, believing he had aimed at a deer. Lane was struck, transported to a hospital after Romero-Hernandez drove him to a nearby Friendly Express gas station, and died of his injuries.

Investigators found multiple violations surrounding the hunt. It was archery season for deer in Georgia at the time, when firearms are not permitted. Romero-Hernandez reportedly lacked proper hunting licenses and permission to be on the property, and the indictment alleged he was under the influence of methamphetamine and amphetamine when the shooting occurred. A Glynn County grand jury returned charges in December 2020, including involuntary manslaughter, hunting under the influence, hunting with an unlawful weapon, and other hunting-related violations.

Anyone with information about the September 28, 2019 hunting trip or Lane’s final hours is asked to come forward.