TWO brothers who were dads to young children were killed in a mass shooting that left three people dead.
Christopher and Damien Sproule were caught in the crossfire after going to a lowriding event to make new pals.
They were caught up in the chaos that erupted outside the El Camaron Gigante steakhouse restaurant in Glendale, Arizona, on Sunday night.
According to a report by CBS affiliate KPHO-TV, a crowd of at least 200 people had gathered for the concert, timed to coincide with Cinco de Mayo festivities, when gunfire erupted following a dispute.
Three people were killed, and they were identified as Christopher, 21, Damien, 17, and Milo Suniga, 21.
William Sproule, Christopher and Damien’s dad, spoke out after his sons were identified as being among the victims.
“This s**t cannot be real,” he posted on Facebook.
“I love you, Damien Sproule. I love you Christopher Sproule.
“Rest easy my boys. We miss you. Daddy will see you again one day.”
Damien was a dad to a little girl and turned 17 in October.
His girlfriend, Michelle, shared a series of pictures as she marked the occasion.
In some of the pictures, the young couple were seen beaming as she held some scan photographs aloft.
“You’re going to be an amazing father,” Michelle wrote in the social media post.
“You mean the world to me and I can’t wait to see what the world will give us further in life.”
Just days before the shooting, Michelle shared a snap of herself, Damien and their daughter, captioning the post: “I love my little family.”
Christopher leaves behind a son, four, and a two-year-old daughter, according to a GoFundMe post.
FAMILY LEFT REELING
“We are struggling to cope with this unimaginable tragedy,” mom Regenea LaRoche said.
The brothers’ older sister, Jessica Ortega, said the pair were shy and didn’t really get into arguments.
“They were only there because they had gotten into a new hobby—lowriders,” she told KPHO.
“My brothers are the most non-confrontational people ever. They’re shy. It’s crazy they even found a hobby.”
Family friend Roberta Villarreal, 52, said Damien and Christopher didn’t deserve what happened, as reported by The Arizona Republic.
“They were good kids,” she told the outlet.
Rest easy my boys. We miss you.
William Sproule
Meanwhile, Suniga was shot in the chest as he tried to stop the argument.
“My friend got in between them and told them to back up and chill out,” heartbroken pal Robert Mandell said.
Five people were injured, including a teenage boy, 16.
Two men, 20 and 32, and two women, 20 and 21, were injured.
Cops were probing if the shooting was gang related.
Police revealed there were several shooters and confirmed no arrests have been made.
Cops are also trying to work out what weapons were used in the shooting.
The shooting happened less than a block from the police headquarters in Glendale.
And, the restaurant’s management team have said they are working with cops.
