Bobby Lane (left) was in an area of heavy foliage when he was thought to be an animal by another hunter, the Glynn County Police Department said in a press release. Lane was taken to a nearby hospital where he later succumbed to his injury,(CNN) - A 32-year-old Georgia man has been charged after fatally shooting a teenage hunting partner he mistook for a deer, police said. Hector Romero-Hernandez was booked into the Glynn County Detention Center on Monday on charges that include hunting with unlawful weapon, misuse of firearm resulting in serious bodily harm to another and hunting without a license, according to the county sheriff's office. Romero has yet to appear for a preliminary hearing and it's unclear whether he has an attorney. Deer season for archery is open in Georgia but firearms season doesn't begin until Oct. 19, the statement said.

A Georgia teen was killed when his hunting partner mistook him for a deer. GLYNN COUNTY, Ga. - A Georgia hunter was fatally shot after being mistaken for a deer by another person in his hunting party, police said. Bobby Lane, 17, was in an area of heavy foliage on Saturday when he was thought to be an animal by another hunter, the Glynn County Police Department said in a press release. "Apparently he shot through the bush, thinking it was a deer and it happened to be my cousin," Lane's cousin Michael Rawling told CNN affiliates WFOX/WJAX. The scene has been secured as the Glynn County Investigators and Georgia Department of Natural Resource investigate the shooting.