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American Man Killed During Return to Quake-Devastated Haitian Homeland
Friday, February 26, 2010
By Jana Winter
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Jasmine Vieux
Jowel Vieux, 62, was shot to death in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the first American to be killed in relief efforts there since the Jan. 12 earthquake.
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A beloved grandfather from Long Island, N.Y., was shot to death Wednesday on the streets of Haiti's capital in what officials believe is the first casualty of an American involved in Haitian relief efforts, FoxNews.com has learned.
Jowel Vieux, 62, immigrated to the United States in the 1970s but still maintained a home and small auto shop in Port-au-Prince, where many of his family members remained. He flew to Haiti on Jan. 24, against the urging of family members worried about his safety.
He hoped to salvage what he could from his properties, which were completely destroyed, and to help search for missing family members, and he wanted to assist in the overall recovery efforts in the country he loved, his family said.
He was wrapping caution tape around the rubble that once was his home Wednesday when he was shot in the back multiple times by a group of men, family members said. U.S. Marines who were in the neighborhood followed the sound of gunshots and found Vieux lying in the street in front of his home and pronounced him dead.
The reason for the killing is unclear, and authorities contacted for this story wouldn't comment on possible motives.
?This is the kindest man, and he was just murdered,? Vieux's daughter-in-law, Jasmine Vieux, told FoxNews.com.
Read more at:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,587463,00.html
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Friday, February 26, 2010
By Jana Winter
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Jasmine VieuxJowel Vieux, 62, was shot to death in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the first American to be killed in relief efforts there since the Jan. 12 earthquake.
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A beloved grandfather from Long Island, N.Y., was shot to death Wednesday on the streets of Haiti's capital in what officials believe is the first casualty of an American involved in Haitian relief efforts, FoxNews.com has learned.
Jowel Vieux, 62, immigrated to the United States in the 1970s but still maintained a home and small auto shop in Port-au-Prince, where many of his family members remained. He flew to Haiti on Jan. 24, against the urging of family members worried about his safety.
He hoped to salvage what he could from his properties, which were completely destroyed, and to help search for missing family members, and he wanted to assist in the overall recovery efforts in the country he loved, his family said.
He was wrapping caution tape around the rubble that once was his home Wednesday when he was shot in the back multiple times by a group of men, family members said. U.S. Marines who were in the neighborhood followed the sound of gunshots and found Vieux lying in the street in front of his home and pronounced him dead.
The reason for the killing is unclear, and authorities contacted for this story wouldn't comment on possible motives.
?This is the kindest man, and he was just murdered,? Vieux's daughter-in-law, Jasmine Vieux, told FoxNews.com.
Read more at:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,587463,00.html
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