Fresh gang violence erupted in Haiti’s capital after a contested refereeing decision during a soccer match, leaving at least one gang leader dead and the full death toll uncertain.

According to AP reporting, gunfire broke out over a penalty kick in a championship match in Cité Soleil, one of Port-au-Prince’s poorest neighborhoods. The violence spread quickly and continued into Friday, trapping residents in their homes and making it difficult to determine how many people had been killed.

Pastor Enock Joseph, whose church is in Cité Soleil, said the shootout killed the second-in-command of one gang and injured another gang leader. He also said that many people may have died, but he could not give an exact count. A local newspaper, Le Nouvelliste, reported that among those killed was a high-ranking member of the Simon-Pelé gang, while leaders from rival Belekou and Nan Boston gangs were also affected.

The AP report said the violence disrupted a fragile truce among the three gangs, all linked to the wider G9 Family and Allies federation led by former police officer Jimmy Chérizier, known as Barbecue. That breakdown matters because it gives a local sports dispute broader consequences in a neighborhood already overwhelmed by gang control and insecurity.

The flare-up also poses another challenge to the Kenyan-led international mission that has been deployed to help Haiti’s police reduce gang violence. AP said it was unclear whether members of the U.N.-backed force, which has recently been joined by police and soldiers from Jamaica, would move into Cité Soleil. Most of the mission’s recent operations have focused elsewhere in and around downtown Port-au-Prince.

Residents, however, were left to absorb the immediate impact. Joseph accused the government of abandoning Cité Soleil and said police had stationed officers at the neighborhood’s exit and fired at young men. A police spokesman did not respond to AP’s request for comment. The report also said a human rights organization that typically estimates death tolls in large attacks had not yet provided one because the area remained too dangerous to enter.

The violence is part of a broader collapse in security in Haiti, where gangs have gained control over large areas of the capital and where thousands have been killed in recent months. AP cited United Nations figures showing more than 3,200 people across Haiti were killed from January to May and noted that more than half a million people have been displaced in recent years.

What began as a championship match turned into another reminder that in Cité Soleil even public gatherings can trigger armed conflict. The sports setting did not lessen the stakes; it exposed just how quickly rival gangs can turn a routine event into a lethal fight in a city already under siege.