Haitian man, 23, charged with murder of wife outside Pennsylvania Walmart

Right · 1Destino Jean-Louis, 23, a Haitian national, has been charged with murder over the Oct. 21 fatal shooting of 45-year-old Latosha Ann Cooper outside a Walmart in Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, according to court documents and the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office. 1 2 Right · 1Cooper was his estranged wife; the two met while working at Walmart in 2024 and married in March, and 6ABC Philadelphia, citing court documents, reported that Cooper had offered to help him obtain a green card. 1 2 Right · 1Investigators told Fox29 that immigration officials had determined the marriage was not legitimate and was only for immigration purposes. In July, Cooper withdrew her sponsorship petition, and his application was denied, after which she cut off contact with him. 2 1

Right · 1District Attorney Kevin Steele said Jean-Louis hid near a bush outside the store, wearing a mask, and waited for Cooper to finish her night shift. Court documents say that when she left the store he ran towards her and fatally shot her, and a co-worker told police she was talking with Cooper in the parking lot when a masked man approached and shot her. 2 1 Right · 1Court filings allege Jean-Louis, a former employee of the same Walmart who was terminated for immigration reasons, had previously physically assaulted Cooper and repeatedly contacted store staff to ask for her work schedule. Phone records reportedly showed multiple trips between his Philadelphia residence and the Cheltenham store in the weeks before the shooting, and cellphone records placed him at the Walmart around the time of the shooting. 2 1 Right · 1Jean-Louis denied being at the store when Cooper was killed, according to 6ABC Philadelphia. 1

Right · 1He faces charges of first-degree murder, third-degree murder, illegal alien use of a firearm, carrying a firearm without a license and possession of an instrument of crime, and is held without bail at Montgomery County Correctional Facility. 1 2 Right · 1He was arrested in Philadelphia on Oct. 23, before the murder charges were filed, but accounts of who arrested him differ: the U.S. Marshals Service Philadelphia said its officers arrested him for immigration violations, while DHS said ICE made the arrest, and DHS said he was transferred to local authorities on Oct. 26. 2 1 Right · 2Multiple DHS sources told Fox News that Jean-Louis entered the U.S. legally on Nov. 24, 2023, through Fort Lauderdale International Airport under the Biden administration's CHNV parole program for migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, and that DHS revoked his legal status on June 12, 2025. 1 3

Right · 1In a statement, DHS called him a "criminal illegal alien" who "chose to overstay his welcome", and said that under President Donald Trump and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin lawbreakers will face consequences. Walmart and the district attorney's office had not responded to Fox News requests for comment at the time of publication. 1