A celebration at the Taste of Miami Karnival in Little Haiti on the evening of April 12, 2026, ended in gunfire that killed 23-year-old Kitchner Cyrille. The shooting occurred shortly before 11:30 p.m. near the main stage at Northeast Second Avenue and 62nd Street. Cyrille, attending the festival with family, was shot in the chest and died at Jackson Memorial Ryder Trauma Center just before midnight. Two others, including Cyrille’s cousin and an unidentified woman, were wounded and listed in stable condition.

Surveillance footage showed a physical altercation between Cyrille and another man that escalated when the other man pulled a firearm and shot Cyrille. Police identified 22-year-old Jamesly Mezime of North Miami Beach as the shooter after a witness — who said she was Mezime’s ex-girlfriend — named him and license plate readers tracked a Black Dodge Charger that arrived at the festival. Mezime was arrested following a traffic stop in Pembroke Pines, confessed to the shooting and said it was self-defense; he was charged with second-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder and held without bond.

Cyrille’s family described him as kind, helpful, a Miami Edison Senior High School graduate who was attending junior college and enjoyed track. Did anyone at the Karnival see what led to the fight or have information that could help clarify what happened?