Amady John Wesley, Haiti

Haitian media outlet Radio Écoute FM released a statement confirming one of its journalists, John Wesley Amady, was brutally shot then burned alive while on assignment in Haiti. Images of John Wesley Amady

Journalist Amady John Wesley, who worked for the Montreal-based radio station Écoute FM, and local reporter Wilguens Louissaint, were burned alive by gang members on the outskirts of Haiti’s capital Port–au-Prince, according to media reports.

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