MARINETTE, Wis. -- The Marinette County sheriff said that an accidental meeting between two men hunting small game led to one of them being killed this weekend.

Sheriff Jim Kanikula said that an autopsy conducted on Monday confirmed that Cha Vang, 30, of Green Bay, was a victim of a homicide, although he declined to be more specific.

Kanikula said that Vang's body was found Saturday partially concealed in a remote area of rural Peshtigo.

Sheriff's authorities have detained a 28-year-old Peshtigo man, who showed up at a medical center in Marinette with a single, non-life threatening gunshot wound on Saturday.

The sheriff said that James Nichols is being jailed for a probation violation as a felon in possession of a firearm. Kanikula said that he is being treated for a gunshot wound to the hand, WISC-TV reported.

The sheriff said that both men were using firearms to hunt small game and both had hunted in the area previously.

The incident comes more than two years after Hmong hunter Chai Vang murdered six hunters in a Sawyer County woods.

The sheriff said that he expects charges to be filed by the end of the week. The Marinette County district attorney has asked the state attorney general's office to assist with the case, WISC-TV reported.

Local Hmong Community Concerned After Slaying

Vang's death is sending shock waves through Dane County's Hmong community.

While there has been no confirmation that this killing was an act of retaliation against the Hmong after the Chai Vang incident, two members of the local Hmong community said that they aren't surprised that there's been another incident.

They said that ever since the Chai Vang trial more than two years ago, fewer Hmong go hunting. They said that there has been fear of backlash against the community since Chai Vang was convicted of killing six people and injuring two others in November 2004.

Koua Vang, director of the United Asian Services of Wisconsin, said that he hopes this incident isn't a response to the Chai Vang case.

"Before this incident, there were Hmong that were concerned that this thing could happen," Koua Vang said. "And I hope that this is not related to that. So what we thought was not true."

"We are trying to learn and to educate all the community to know the American culture and to merge to this society," said Joua Vang, director of the Hmong Political Council. "But there's still a lot of work out there."

Both men said that they think the Chai Vang case was an isolated incident and it's tragic that there might be some racial repercussions because of it.

Koua Vang said that United Asian Services is hosting a crime prevention seminar for Hmong immigrants this week, and that hunting safety and awareness of hunting rules will be emphasized at Wednesday's workshop, WISC-TV reported.