A 23-year-old Haitian who entered the United States through the Biden administration’s CHNV parole program has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a longtime Walmart employee outside a store in Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania.
Destino Jean-Louis is accused of waiting in bushes wearing a mask and fatally shooting 45-year-old Latosha Ann Cooper in the head as she left the Walmart on October 21.
At 9 AM on Friday, October 23rd, Destino Jean Louis, 23, was arrested by @USMS_Philly on the 6600 block of N. 18th St for immigration violations. Louis, a Haitian national who overstayed his visa, was the prime suspect in the October 21st fatal shooting of a 45 year-old Walmart employee who had just left her shift.
On the evening of Oct 23, Louis was charged with murder by the @MontcopaDA. He remained in federal custody until this afternoon, when @CheltTwpPD authorities took custody of him.
— U.S. Marshals Service Philadelphia (@USMS_Philly) October 26, 2026
Investigators say Jean-Louis and Cooper met while both worked at the Walmart in 2024 and later married in what officials described as an immigration-related arrangement intended to help him obtain a green card.
Cooper allegedly told him she could help him get legal status.
Officials denied the marriage petition in July, after which Cooper withdrew the filing and cut off contact.
Court documents and local reporting indicate Jean-Louis became angry, repeatedly contacted store employees asking about her schedule, and was placed by cell-phone data outside the store on multiple nights.
A co-worker told police he had previously admitted assaulting Cooper and said that in Haiti “such disrespect was not tolerated.”
NEW: Multiple DHS sources confirm to @FoxNews that the suspect charged w/ murdering a Walmart manager in Philadelphia, PA on Wednesday is a Haitian illegal alien who flew into the U.S. via former President Biden’s CHNV mass parole migrant flights program in 2023. Per sources, 23-year-old Destino Jean-Louis flew into the US on 11/24/2023 via Fort Lauderdale International Airport, and his legal status was revoked on 6/12/2025 after President Trump terminated the program.
According to investigators, Jean-Louis had previously been married to the victim he killed as part of an immigration-related sham marriage arrangement that was designed to help get him get a green card in the US. But after DHS denied the application in July, the victim, Latosha Cooper, withdrew the petition and cut off contact with him, and Jean-Louis became angry. He is accused of shooting Cooper in the head outside of the Walmart on Wednesday after finding out about her work schedule. He previously worked at the Walmart with her. The DA in Montgomery County, PA has now charged him with murder.
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) October 27, 2026
Multiple DHS sources confirmed to Fox News that Jean-Louis flew into Fort Lauderdale International Airport on November 24, 2023, under the CHNV program for migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.
Jean-Louis’ parole status was revoked on June 12, 2025, after the Trump administration ended the program, yet he remained in the country.
“He chose to overstay his welcome in violation of our nation’s laws. Under President [Donald] Trump and [DHS} Secretary [Markwayne] Mullin, if you break the law, you will face the consequences. Criminal illegal aliens are not welcome in the U.S.,” DHS said in a statement about the case provided to Fox News.
ICE arrested him on October 23 in Philadelphia, and he was later transferred to local authorities and charged by the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office with 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.
Jean-Louis is currently being held without bail.
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