Family of Kole Hebert speak about incident and benefit in his name
The family the Breaux Bridge High School senior Kole Hebert, who was shot, talk about the incident and asks the community for help.
ST. MARTIN PARISH, La. (KLFY) -- The family the Breaux Bridge High School senior Kole Hebert, who was shot, talk about the incident and asks the community for help.
According to Hebert's family, he was at a friend's house on Jan. 6, and at around 1:00 a.m. 19-year-old Kendrick James Alexander began handling a gun, pointed it at Hebert and pulled the trigger. The bullet went through Hebert's neck and hit his spine. Hebert has been in a hospital where he is left paralyzed from the neck down.
"My wife actually got the call, and I was dead asleep at the time," said Kole's brother Chaz Hebert. "I heard her kind of raise her voice over the phone and say, what? And I kind of start to wake up a little bit and she called out my name and said, Kole got shot."
Chaz does not believe the incident an accident, and has left his brother with an undeserving position.
"This wasn't playing with a gun," said Chaz." There was a weapon pointed at his throat and a trigger was pulled. He was not given the satisfaction of death. He has to endure something much worse."
Since the incident, Hebert's family has received a lot of support, but expenses are beginning to pile up. Aware that this is something the entire family will have to deal with, the family looked for ways to raise money.
Megan Hebert, Kole's sister-in-law, said they got the idea of a fundraising event from someone in the community.
"Someone in the community came to us and was like, let's do a benefit. Let's bring the community together. Let's do stuff that they like to do drink, eat, play games, have auctions. While raising money for Kole," Megan explained.
The event will take place on Saturday at Henry Guidry Memorial Park in Henderson and will include food, live music, a cook-off, a cornhole tournament, a raffle and more; all to raise money needed to help with expenses. Chaz says although the money will help, what matters the most is having Kole know people are there by his side.
"This is about coming together and showing that there's people out there. There's support groups. There's people that you can talk to," Chaz noted.
The event will start at 9 a.m. on Saturday, And Kole's family says it will last all day long with the hopes to hear from Kole himself on a facetime call so he can speak with everyone there supporting him and give an update on what is next.