22-year-old man delivering DoorDash orders with his teenage brother ambushed and killed, the child shot in the head: Police

Background: The country of the shooting and clang astatine the Birchstone Village Apartments successful Madison, Tennessee (WTVF). Inset: John Diaz Santos (GoFundMe).

A household successful Tennessee is reeling aft authorities accidental 2 brothers were gunned down portion delivering nutrient for DoorDash, leaving 1 of them dormant and the different critically injured.

John Diaz Santos, 22, was identified by the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department arsenic the dormant victim. His 14-year-old member was hospitalized with injuries.

On Thursday, Santos and his younger member were successful a achromatic Infiniti sedan successful the parking batch of Birchstone Village Apartments connected North Dupont Avenue successful Madison, Tennessee, a vicinity conscionable northbound of downtown Nashville.

They were delivering nutrient for DoorDash, their begetter told determination NBC affiliate WSMV. Santos had been moving the occupation for much than a year, and his begetter said that portion they were having meal that night, Santos said helium was going to bring his teen member with him connected the deliveries.

At astir 7:45 p.m., a antheral approached the brothers' car and started shooting, constabulary said, citing the preliminary investigation. "Moments later, 2 much men approached and 1 of them besides started shooting astatine the victims' Infiniti," constabulary said.

Santos tried to get distant and crashed into a adjacent fence. The 3 suspects ran away.

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Santos was brought to a hospital, wherever helium died, constabulary said. His younger member was brought to a children's hospital, wherever constabulary said helium remained successful captious information connected Monday.

A GoFundMe posted for the brothers and their household says Santos "was a loving, caring, hardworking young antheral with truthful galore dreams and his full beingness up of him."

"As if losing John wasn't heartbreaking enough, his member Alan was besides changeable successful the head," the fundraiser added. "We are grieving 1 lad portion praying for a occurrence for the other."

Santos' begetter added that it "shattered [his] soul" to larn that his lad died.

"We don't judge what is happening to us," helium told the TV station. "One is not prepared for specified a nonaccomplishment oregon quality of this size."

Police are asking anyone with accusation astir the shooting to interaction authorities astatine 615-742-7463, saying callers tin stay anonymous and person a currency reward.

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