Brianna Surette and her husband, Doug Surette, of Georgetown, Mass., recently spoke with reporters about the harrowing events that transpired at Sky Meadow Country Club on the evening on Sept. 20. Courtesy photo/WBZ-TV

NASHUA – It has been more than a month since gunfire broke out at Sky Meadow Country Club and Brianna Surette of Georgetown, Mass. is just starting to get her life back.

According to recent interviews with WMUR and WBZ, she and her husband, Doug Surette, were married at Sky Meadow on Sept. 19, 2020. For the first time getting married, they returned to the country club on Sept. 20 to celebrate their five-year anniversary.

The couple’s evening of tranquil romance was shattered when alleged shooter Hunter Nadeau barged into Prime at Sky Meadow and pointed his gun at them. Brianna said Doug instinctively threw himself across the table to shield her.

“He’s just a really great person and a great husband,” she said.

With their adrenaline pumping, neither Brianna nor Doug realized that she was already shot in the leg.

After getting his wife to safety, Doug, a firefighter with the Lynn, Mass. Fire Department, returned to the restaurant to assist with the evacuation effort.

“It’s my job, I wanted to do what I could do,” he said.

The Surettes also thought of their two young children, Lincoln and Vivian, growing up without their parents.

“I was so angry, this guy tried to take us away from our kids,” said Doug. “He did that to somebody else.”

Robert DeCesare was also at Sky Meadow that night with his wife, Charlene, and their daughter, Makayla, to discuss her upcoming wedding. During the shooting, DeCesare also dove in front of his family. He died in a hail of bullets while saving the lives of his wife and daughter.

Employee Steven Burtman of Lowell, Mass. was on duty at a wedding reception when Nadeau reportedly shot him in the face. Burtman was flown to Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and spent four days under sedation. He underwent two reconstructive surgeries and has since been released. However, his mouth will remain wired shut for the next several months with the possibility of additional surgeries.

Nadeau, a former Sky Meadow employee, was arrested 30 minutes after the shooting. He remains in custody and is charged with second-degree murder. Under state law, if convicted, he could face up to life in prison.