"The security situation in Haiti cannot wait," a spokesperson for the White House National Security Council said, also offering condolences to the families of the victims.

Three American missionaries were killed after an armed attack on an orphanage housing dozens of children in the gang-ridden town of Plaine, north of Port-au-Prince, the organization Mission of Hope Haiti confirmed on Saturday.

Two of the victims were the daughter and son-in-law of Missouri state Rep. Ben Baker, the Republican lawmaker announced on social media Saturday.

"My heart is broken into a million pieces. I have no words. I have no emotions," Baker wrote on Facebook. "I can't process this."

Baker's daughter, Natalie, and her husband, Davy Lloyd, were serving as missionaries in the country when they were attacked by an armed gang.

Former President Donald Trump shared the news on his social media platform, Truth Social.

"God Bless Davy & Natalie. Such a tragedy. Haiti is totally out of control. Find the killers NOW!" Trump wrote.

Natalie and Davy were married in August 2022 and moved to Haiti three months later, according to her Instagram account.

On social media, they are seen working primarily with Haitian children for the non-governmental organization Mission of Hope Haiti, which was founded by Davy's parents, David and Alicia Lloyd, in 2000.

Haiti has been gripped by a spiral of violence — including massacres, kidnappings, rapes and extortion — at the hands of powerful armed groups, a situation that has worsened since late February.

In March, the U.S. State Department issued a travel advisory urging Americans not to travel to Haiti due to its "unpredictable and dangerous" security conditions.

Haiti's interim government announced Wednesday that it was extending a state of emergency and curfew in the Ouest department, which includes the capital, for another seven days in a bid to quell the violence.

The curfew accompanies a monthlong state of emergency that was extended from May 9 to June 8, aiming to restore order and take appropriate measures to regain control of the situation amid high levels of insecurity caused by armed gangs that control large parts of Port-au-Prince and other areas.

To help quell the violence in Haiti, where insecurity caused an estimated 8,000 deaths last year, a multinational security support mission led by Kenya and approved by the United Nations is expected to arrive in the Caribbean nation soon.

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