Restaurant community bands together to support homicide victims' families

DENVER (KDVR) — On Monday night, the restaurant community banded together to support two of their own who were killed on April 24.

Emerall Vaughn-Dahler and Ignacio "Nacho" Gutierrez Morales were found dead from gunshot wounds at American Elm, the North Denver restaurant where they both worked. A fundraiser took place at Hops and Pie in the Highlands neighborhood, on 39th Avenue and Tennyson Street — just a few blocks away from where the two were killed.

Dozens of neighborhood restaurants donated food and drinks to this fundraiser, with the community stepping up in numbers.

Lucas Duncan isn't a part of the restaurant community but lives in the neighborhood and said he came to support.

"It makes me feel really good about the community that I live in. I mean just everybody here," Duncan said.

'Brokenhearted' loved ones give thanks to community

Miguel Lopez, Morales’ son-in-law, watched in gratitude as the community backed up his family during this unimaginable time.

"My wife, her two brot...