On July 7, 2021, President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated, while First Lady Martine Moïse was shot and seriously wounded during an attack at their residence in Pétion-Ville.[5] Gunshots reached her arms and thigh, with her hand and abdomen being severely injured.[6] Moïse was hospitalized at the General Hospital of Port-au-Prince[7][8] following the attack.[5] She was brought to Miami on the afternoon of the same day for further treatment and her air ambulance landed at the Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, Florida, at about 3:30 PM EDT.[6] She was taken to the Ryder Trauma Center in Miami.[9]