Port-au-Prince, Haiti (AP)-A spokesperson for the National Police of Haiti on Thursday said that officers killed the former rebel leader Wilfort Ferdinand after they accused him of opening the fire in a police control point in the coastal town of Gonaïves earlier this week.
Ferdinand was a suspected gang leader who played a key role in the 2004 uprising that former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide drove.
“The police did not intend to kill someone,” said police spokesman Michel-Anang Louis Jeune de Associated Press of Tuesday's shooting.
He said that Ferdinand had approached the checkpoint in a car with tinted windows, only to make a backup and then open the fire to officers, who brought the fire back and kill him and a non -misered person traveling with him.
Jeune said it was a routine checkpoint that was aimed at breaking down the Kokorat San Ras -gang, which is active in the Artibonite region and is known for his extreme violence.
Local media reported that heavy gunfire in the area was heard shortly after killing.
Gruesome photos of the murder were shared on social media, so that continuous protests were called in Gonïves that companies have closed.
Ferdinand was known as Kòmandan Ti Wil and led the art resistance of the Artibonite. He was an ally of Guy Philippe, another former rebel leader.
