Haiti: Shooting at the Carrefour Sports Center, a former Haitian goalkeeper killed

A shooting was recorded on the evening of Sunday, July 21, 2024, at the Carrefour Sports Center, in the West Department of Haiti. There is talk of deaths and injuries in circumstances that have not yet been clarified. Former Haitian goalkeeper Frantzdy Francillon is among the victims, according to several local sources who spoke to LE FACTEUR HAITI.

THE HAITI FACTOR, July 21, 2024._Blood was shed in Carrefour, a commune in the West Department, on the evening of Sunday, July 21, 2024 following a shooting.

It was perpetrated against people located at the Sports Center located in the said area and directed by the Sports Columnist at Radio Télévision Caraïbe (RTVC), Jacques Hans Vilfort known as “Jako”.

During the shooting at least one person was killed by gunfire. The person killed was identified as Pétion Frantzdy Francillon, former goalkeeper of Don Bosco FC and Victory SC and goalkeeping coach at “Jako Football Passion”.

A video that went viral after the action shows the former footballer bathing in his blood on the grass of the Sports Center.

Through the video, we can hear the voice of a man and that of a woman shouting “Francillon was murdered, our Francillon, his arm is broken.”

Other people who were shot and left for dead were also lying in the same place, we can see.

For several months, the municipalities of Carrefour and Gressier have been in the sights of armed bandits who want to extend their territories in the West.

Despite the reduced deployment of Kenyan police officers added to the announcements made by Prime Minister Garry Conille and the Acting Director General of the Haitian National Police, Rameau Normil, armed gangs continue to reign supreme in several communes in the West, particularly those affected by the state of security emergency.

THE HAITI FACTOR (LFH)