The bolt struck local archers and a boy scout troop in New Jersey, killing one man and injuring 13 other people. Friends of the victims said the strike had come out of nowhere.

One day after Robert Montgomery was killed by a lightning strike in New Jersey, his sister explained how he was a helper who loved archery.

Authorities say 61-year-old Robert Montgomery was killed when a lightning bolt struck an archery range in Jackson, New Jersey. Over a dozen others, including members of a Boy Scout troop, were injured in the lightning strike.

David Robinson, New Jersey’s state climatologist, said Wednesday’s lightning strike that killed one person and injured 14 others was a rare occurrence. The strike at the Black Knights Bow Benders Archery Range in Jackson killed Robert Montgomery, 61 of Cinnaminson, and injured over a dozen Cub Scouts, one as young as 7.