Police: 5 killed, 7 injured in gang shooting in Haiti

Gang members fatally shot five people and injured seven others in Haiti's capital in a surprise attack, authorities said Thursday.

No one has been arrested following the shooting that occurred late Wednesday in the southern neighborhood of Carrefour-Feuilles.

Port-au-Prince Police Commissioner Joel Casseus told The Associated Press that four people died at the scene and a fifth at the hospital. It is unclear what prompted the shooting.

An injured woman is tended too at the General Hospital emergency room after she was wounded in a hail of bullets, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, April 25, 2019. The woman was lightly wounded last night when armed men opened fire into a crowd, killing several people in the Carrefour-Feuille district of Port-au-Prince. (AP PhotoDieu Nalio Chery)

Police said officers exchanged gunfire with suspected gang members when they arrived to pick up the bodies on Thursday morning.

Authorities urged people to contact police if they had any information about the incident as newly appointed Prime Minister Jean-Michel Lapin promised to take unspecified action.

"What happened...is unacceptable," he said. "We send our sympathies to everyone that has been a victim of the state of insecurity that has been developing in the country for a long time."

An injured man sits in pain after receiving treatment for a gunshot wound, at the General Hospital emergency room, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, April 25, 2019. The man was wounded last night when armed men opened fire into a crowd, killing several people in the Carrefour-Feuille district of Port-au-Prince. (AP PhotoDieu Nalio Chery)

Jean Renel Joseph is tended too at the General Hospital emergency room after he was shot, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, April 25, 2019. Renel Joseph was shot last night while sitting with his friends near his home. Armed men open fire into the crowd and killed close to 9 people in the Carrefour-Feuille district of Port-au-Prince. (AP PhotoDieu Nalio Chery)

EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Morgue workers transfer a body of a man that was shot to death, to the Zenith morgue in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, April 25, 2019. The man died while in emergency surgery at the General Hospital, after he was shot last night when armed men open fire into a crowd and killed several men in the Carrefour-Feuille district of Port-au-Prince. (AP PhotoDieu Nalio Chery)

Berlin Sylveste is tended too at the General Hospital emergency room after he was shot, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, April 25, 2019. Sylveste was wounded last night when armed men open fire into a crowd, killing several people in the Carrefour-Feuille district of Port-au-Prince. (AP PhotoDieu Nalio Chery)

Some celebrities donned anti-ICE pins at the Golden Globes on Sunday in tribute to Renee Good, who was shot and killed in her car by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer this week in Minneapolis.

The black-and-white pins displayed slogans like “BE GOOD” and “ICE OUT,” introducing a political angle into the awards show after last year’s relatively apolitical ceremony.

Mark Ruffalo, Wanda Sykes and Natasha Lyonne wore the pins on the red carpet, and other celebrities were expected to have them on display as well.

Since the shooting Wednesday, protests have broken out across the country, calling for accountability for Good's death as well as a separate shooting in Portland where Border Patrol agents wounded two people. Some protests have resulted in clashes with law enforcement, especially in Minneapolis, where ICE is carrying out its largest immigration enforcement operation to date.

“We need every part of civil society, society to speak up,” said Nelini Stamp of Working Families Power, one of the organizers for the anti-ICE pins. “We need our artists. We need our entertainers. We need the folks who reflect society.”

Congressmembers have vowed an assertive response, and an FBI investigation into Good's killing is ongoing. The Trump administration has doubled down in defending the ICE officer's actions, maintaining that he was acting in self-defense and thought Good would hit him with her car.

Just a week before Good was killed, an off-duty ICE officer fatally shot and killed 43-year-old Keith Porter in Los Angeles. His death sparked protests in the Los Angeles area, calling for the officer responsible to be arrested.

The idea for the “ICE OUT” pins began with a late-night text exchange earlier this week between Stamp and Jess Morales Rocketto, the executive director of a Latino advocacy group called Maremoto.

They know that high-profile cultural moments can introduce millions of viewers to social issues. This is the third year of Golden Globes activism for Morales Rocketto, who has previously rallied Hollywood to protest the Trump administration’s family separation policies. Stamp said she always thinks of the 1973 Oscars, when Sacheen Littlefeather took Marlon Brando’s place and declined his award to protest American entertainment’s portrayal of Native Americans.

So, the two organizers began calling up the celebrities and influencers they knew, who in turn brought their campaign to the more prominent figures in their circles. That initial outreach included labor activist Ai-jen Poo, who walked the Golden Globes’ red carpet in 2018 with Meryl Streep to highlight the Time’s Up movement.

“There is a longstanding tradition of people who create art taking a stand for justice in moments,” Stamp said. “We’re going to continue that tradition.”

Allies of their movement have been attending the “fancy events” that take place in the days leading up to the Golden Globes, according to Stamp. They’re passing out the pins at parties and distributing them to neighbors who will be attending tonight’s ceremony.

“They put it in their purse and they’re like, ‘Hey would you wear this?’ It’s so grassroots,” Morales Rocketto said.

The organizers pledged to continue the campaign throughout awards season to ensure the public knows the names of Good and others killed by ICE agents in shootings.

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Natasha Lyonne, left, and Clea DuVall arrive at the 83rd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Wanda Sykes arrives at the 83rd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Mark Ruffalo, left, and Sunrise Coigney arrive at the 83rd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Mark Ruffalo, wearing a "Be Good" pin, arrives at the 83rd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)