A former retail worker living illegally in the United States has been charged in the fatal shooting of a woman outside a suburban Philadelphia Walmart after a failed marriage scheme to secure his legal status unraveled , prosecutors said this week.

The suspect, Destino Jean-Louis, 23, was arrested on Friday by federal marshals outside a home in the West Oak Lane neighborhood of Philadelphia initially on immigration charges — a tactic investigators used to detain him rapidly before he could flee the country, according to Deputy U.S. Marshal Robert Clark.

He was later charged with first-degree murder, third-degree murder and weapon offenses in connection with the October 21 death of Latosha Ann Cooper, 45, outside the store in Cedarbrook Plaza.

According to arrest documents seen by ABC affiliate WPVI , Jean-Louis and Cooper entered into the fraudulent marriage last year to help him obtain a green card after meeting while working at the retail location in 2024.…