Two masked robbers invaded a backyard wedding celebration last week and shot the groom in the head.
Ducle and Manuel Gonzalez married Friday night after a decade and two children together, KDSK reported. The ceremony was held in their backyard in the Dutchtown neighborhood of St. Louis.
As the night was winding down, sometime after midnight, two armed men came into the yard. Yaribeth Peña, the bride’s sister, told KDSK she ran inside and heard a gunshot.
Police said one of the would-be robbers stood behind 32-year-old Manuel Gonzalez and shot him in th head. The two men ran away with nothing.
“He’s fighting for his life. We are hoping he pulls through. (My sister) is distraught, she’s depressed, she’s heartbroken. They were saying my brother-in-law was going for his wallet and maybe they thought he was going for a weapon,” Peña said.