On September 11, 2022, journalists Frantzsen Charles and Tayson Lartigue were shot and killed by heavily armed, unidentified perpetrators in the Cité Soleil neighbourhood of the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince. Charles, a reporter for online news outlet FS News Haiti, and Lartigue, the founder of social media news outlet Tijén Jounalis, were reporting on rising gang violence in the area with five other journalists.
After conducting interviews, the group of seven journalists was leaving the neighbourhood on motorbikes marked with “PRESS” signs when they were ambushed and shot at by armed individuals, who were reportedly members of the G9 gang. The other journalists were able to escape unharmed, but Charles and Lartigue were fatally wounded. According to reports, the bodies of the journalists were allegedly burned, though no remains have been found.