Shooting: Wyclef injured

A SPOKESMAN for Wyclef Jean says the hip-hop star has been released from a hospital after being treated for a gunshot wound to his hand.

Joe Mignon, senior program director for Jean’s Yele Foundation, says Jean was shot in the hand after 11 pm local time on Saturday in Delmas, just outside Port-au-Prince.

Jean’s brother, Samuel, confirmed the musician was shot. Neither he nor Mignon had additional details.

The shooting came on the eve of presidential elections in Haiti. Jean is supporting fellow musician Michel Martelly.

A spokesman for the Haitian National Police could not be immediately reached for comment.