David and Natalie Lloyd as well as a 20-year-old Haitian woman were killed when gunmen ambushed them as they left a church.
A US missionary couple were among three people killed in Haiti as widespread gang violence continues to plague the country.
Twenty-one-year-old Natalie Lloyd, her 23-year-old husband David, and Jude Montis, a 20-year-old Haitian, were ambushed by gunmen as they left a church.
The couple's deaths were confirmed on Facebook by Mrs. Lloyd's father, Missouri State Senator Ben Baker.
The couple were married in 2022.
Their organisation, Missions in Haiti, confirmed to US media that Mr. Montis was the third victim.
The White House on Friday called for the swift deployment of a Kenyan-led multinational force to stabilise the nation.
Kenya is due to deploy police forces to Haiti at the head of an international force aimed at helping the country's transitional authorities restore order.
Since late February, coordinated attacks by armed groups have targeted hospitals, schools, homes, churches, banks and commercial establishments.
There are currently 362,000 internally displaced people.
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