Catherine Rusoff
Missouri House of Representatives member Ben Baker’s daughter and son-in-law were killed while serving as missionaries in Haiti, politician says said on social media.
Baker’s daughter, Natalie Lloyd, and her husband Davy Lloyd were full-time missionaries in the country, the Republican state representative said.
Baker said the two were “attacked by gangs” on Thursday night. The shooting took place in the Lizon area of Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti.
Baker wrote that his heart was “broken into a thousand pieces.”
“I have never felt this kind of pain,” Baker said, asking for prayers for both families and adding that he had “no other words for now.”
Missions in Haiti, Inc., an Oklahoma-based nonprofit organization working in Haiti since 2000, said on social media that the Lloyds, as well as a third missionary identified as Jude, were “shot and killed” while hiding in a house at around 9pm local time on Thursday.
The Haitian National Police Union confirmed that Jude was Haitian and the director of an orphanage.
“We are all devastated,” said Missions in Haiti. The organization did not immediately respond to a request for more information from CBS News.
Natalie Lloyd via Facebook/via REUTERS
“We extend our deepest condolences to the families of the two U.S. citizens killed by gangs in Haiti,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a statement provided to CBS News, revealing that the U.S. ambassador to Haiti “is in contact” with the victims. ‘ families.
“Unfortunately, this serves as a reminder that the security situation in Haiti cannot wait – too many innocent lives are being lost,” Miller added. “During Visit of Kenyan President Ruto Yesterday, President Biden reiterated the United States’ commitment to support the rapid deployment of the Kenya-led Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS) to strengthen the capabilities of the Haitian National Police to protect civilians, restore the rule of law, and prepare for path to democracy. governance.”
Haiti has been plagued by gang violence since late February, when heavily armed gangs launched a unified attack on government institutions and infrastructures. The US government organized evacuation flights for American citizens. More than 2,500 people have been killed, injured or kidnapped in the country since the violence began, and deadly violence in the country has reached a “record level”, according to the United Nations.
Last month, Ariel Henry resigned as prime minister and a new transitional council was sworn in.
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