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Narcisse Antoine

Age : 40

Gender : Male

Race : Black

Date : 04/20/2021

Location : Northbound Interstate 95 north of Gateway Boulevard

City : Boynton Beach

County : Palm Beach

State : Florida

Agency : Boynton Beach Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Suicide

Event : Suicide under police duress during attempted traffic stop

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 04/20/2021, Narcisse Antoine, 40, died from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound after Boynton Beach police located his vehicle and attempted a traffic stop on northbound Interstate 95 north of Gateway Boulevard. Police were searching for Antoine in connection with a fatal domestic shooting earlier that morning.

At approximately 1:30 a.m., Boynton Beach police responded to the Hampton Inn on Gateway Boulevard and found a 32-year-old woman shot to death inside a vehicle in the parking lot. An unharmed two-year-old child was asleep inside the vehicle. Witnesses told police that Antoine had left the scene.

Police subsequently located Antoine's vehicle on northbound I-95 and attempted to stop it. When officers made contact, they found Antoine dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police did not shoot him.

OFFICER BACKGROUND:
No police officer fired the shot that killed Antoine. The Boynton Beach officers involved in locating and stopping his vehicle were not identified in the reporting located.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.wptv.com/news/region-s-palm-beach-county/boynton-beach/woman-fatally-shot-in-boynton-beach-parking-lot-2-year-old-found-asleep-in-car
https://www.wptv.com/news/region-s-palm-beach-county/boynton-beach/suspect-in-boynton-beach-murder-suicide-once-convicted-then-acquitted-of-attempted-murder
https://www.wpbf.com/article/toddler-found-asleep-in-car-at-boynton-beach-murder-scene/36174856