Evie O'Rourke told NBC Boston: "He turned around and stood up and took a bullet for his family. And I'm very proud of him."

Club owner and longtime Nashua resident Rob Parsons said outside court after that he and everyone in the community is “heartbroken” by the weekend’s attack.

A New Hampshire wedding turned into a nightmare Saturday evening after a crazed gunman opened fire when the bride and the groom were about to dance. 59-year-old Robert Steven DeCesare, a guest at the wedding at Sky Meadow Country Club,

Hunter Nadeau, 23, faces second-degree murder charges after allegedly shooting three people during a wedding celebration in Nashua, killing one guest and wounding two others.

The mother of the man killed at a country club in Nashua Saturday said her son got up to protect his family from the shooter.

Patrons at a country club’s restaurant intervened to stop the gunman, the authorities said. The mother of the man who was killed said he died trying to protect his family.

One person was killed and two others were wounded by gunfire in a restaurant while a wedding also took place on the property.