Hundreds mourn gang killings of a Haitian mission director and a young American couple

By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO
Associated Press

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Hundreds of people in Haiti are mourning the death of Judes Montis. The mission director was killed by gang members who also fatally shot a U.S. couple that worked with him. Wails filled a crowded church on Tuesday as tears streamed down the face of Montis’ wife. The service also honored the lives of Davy and Natalie Lloyd. The married couple in their early 20s were with Montis when gunmen ambushed them on Thursday night as they left a youth group activity held at a local church. Montis was 47 years old. He leaves behind a wife, two young children and a brother.