The slain victim of Saturday’s country-club shooting in New Hampshire threw himself in front of his wife and daughter to save them from the deranged gunman, his mother has revealed.

Robert DeCesare, 59, was having dinner at a wedding with his family at the Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua when police say 23-year-old Hunter Nadeau stormed the building with a handgun.

“[Nadeau] kicked the door open, and Rob just went right for him and protected his family,” DeCesare’s mother, Evie O’Rourke, told WMUR . 4

Two more people were shot and wounded by Nadeau, while others were hurt as they fled the carnage, authorities said.

More than 100 people were at Sky Meadow at the time.

A witness said it appeared DeCesare was targeted, although cops have not confirmed that, nor offered a m

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