The sprawling family of a 38-year-old man killed early Monday morning spent the day grieving outside the sports bar where he was shot.

Clifenton Ford died around 2:25 a.m. at G’s Chill & Grill, on Eglinton Ave. E. near Midland Ave.

Family and friends said Ford was the father of 10 children ranging in age from 6 to 17, born to six different mothers.

Ford’s fiancée, Ayisha Spence, 28, refused to leave until his body was taken out of the bar. “We can’t leave him here,” she said, clutching one of Ford’s T-shirts close to her chest because it smelled like him.

Spence is the mother of two of Ford’s children, an 8-year-old girl and 7-year-old boy. She said her fiancé worked as a janitor at a fitness facility and was “finally settling his life.”

“He was a great father,” Spence said. “He was a great son. He was an all-around amazing man.”

She stood and spoke to reporters with Lesley Parker, mother of four of Ford’s children, ages 16, 14, 12 and 8.

Parker said she last saw Ford at 11 p.m. Sunday. “He just told me he was gonna go out,” she said.

Police said Ford was shot multiple times inside the bar and pronounced dead at the scene. Family and friends said they did not understand why he was killed.

“One of the other baby mamas called me this morning at 7 a.m.,” said Andrea Cuff, 36, mother of Ford’s 10-year-old son. “I have to raise my son by myself now,” she said. “A 10-year-old kid loses his dad over what?”

On Monday afternoon, about 30 people were waiting in the parking lot beside the crime scene, knowing Ford was still inside. The body was finally taken away at 4 p.m.

They described him as a serious man who loved to play video games and spend time with his children. He lived on Danforth Rd. with his oldest son, who had recently been accepted to university.

Ford’s sister, who would not give her name, said she saw the children early Monday morning. “They were all screaming,” she said.

Parker said Ford came to Canada from Jamaica in his early 20s and has eight siblings.

Cuff noted the unconventional family structure but said all of Ford’s children and their mothers were very close. “Every six of us girls he’s helped, with his children, with school,” she said.

Cuff said when she went back to school to become a nurse, Ford made sure she and her son had groceries — one of the other mothers would even bring them over, she said.

Police are still looking for suspects.

“There were a number of witnesses who fled the bar after the shooting,” said Const. Tony Vella. “We are asking those witnesses to speak with police.”

With files from Liam Casey and Alexandra MacAulay Abdelwahab