Richard Alexandre, a 38-year-old cultural journalist also known as Caonabo, was shot several times in Delmas 83 during the night of Tuesday, October 27, to Wednesday, October 28, and died of his injuries in hospital, Le Nouvelliste reported, citing a source contacted by Ticket.

A former contributor to Ticket, Alexandre had also written for other media outlets and remained active in the country's media and cultural scene until his death.

The circumstances of the shooting were not immediately known. Ticket's team offered its sincere condolences to his family.

His killing comes days after the Inter American Press Association described the state of press freedom in Haiti as “critical” because of worsening security for journalists.