Tragedy struck when the shooting at the Empire State Building in New York City went down, leaving 2 dead and 9 wounded, Friday morning.
A victim, Steven Ercolino was killed by 5 gunshots on the brink of plans to wed his girlfriend of 8 years, Ivette Rivera.
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The Daily News reports:
Steven Ercolino knew instantly that Bronx-born beauty Ivette Rivera was the one who would share his life, walk down the aisle with him, grow old beside him.
“They always wanted to get married,” his brother Paul said wistfully Saturday at the family home in Warwick, Orange County. “He didn’t have a ring, I don’t think.”
Wedding plans were replaced with funeral arrangements as the two families mourned the brutal loss of Ercolino, 41, killed by five gunshots from a grudge-nursing former co-worker.
The couple moved in together four years ago at Ercolino’s condo in Hoboken, New Jersey, and recently vacationed together in Cancun, Mexico and had a bright future.
Our prayers are with Ivette Rivera and the Ercolino family.
SOURCE: The Daily News
