Two brothers took their last breaths lying next to each other in a Washington, D.C., street after they were allegedly shot dead outside the Peruvian chicken restaurant they worked at.
Octavio Quintano, 28, and Osmine Quintano, 35, were allegedly gunned down just after midnight Dec. 12, near The Pollo Company in northeast D.C., according to authorities.
After they were shot, the brothers crawled underneath a car where they were later found deceased, the attorney’s office said, NBC Washington reports.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Ronzoni Allen Jackson, Jr., was arrested in connection with their alleged murders.
Jackson, 24, has been charged with two counts of premeditated murder. He pleaded not guilty.
“Everybody’s sad and grieving,” family friend of the victims, Steve Paniagua, told WDCA-TV. “Everybody’s still in disbelief. Everybody’s sad and shocked and can’t believe this happened.”
Octavio leaves behind a wife and two children.
“He was a very good guy, loved his wife, his kids … we just celebrated his daughter’s birthday. She just turned two,” Paniagua explained. “He’s a very nice, humble guy who doesn’t look for trouble.”
Loved ones are working to send the brothers’ bodies back to Honduras, where their parents live, according to a GoFundMe campaign.
Meantime, Jackson is being held without bond and will appear in court Jan. 2.
A motive remains under investigation.