Longtime Walmart worker leaving shift gunned down in the parking lot by masked shooter as she was about to enter Nissan: Police

The Walmart located connected South Easton Road successful Wyncote, Pennsylvania (Google Maps).

A 45-year-old pistillate was successful the parking batch of a Walmart aft leaving her enactment displacement erstwhile she was gunned down by a masked shooter, Pennsylvania authorities say.

The Montgomery County District Attorney's Office identified the unfortunate arsenic 45-year-old Latosha Ann Cooper. Law enforcement has not yet identified a suspect.

On Wednesday night, Cooper was extracurricular the Walmart located connected South Easton Road successful Wyncote, Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania. The country is astir 12 miles northbound of Philadelphia.

Cooper "had conscionable finished her displacement astatine the Walmart and was by her car," the DA's bureau said. Suddenly, a idiosyncratic wearing a disguise changeable her dead.

At astir 11:30 p.m., the Cheltenham Police Department was called to the parking batch astir a shooting.

They recovered Cooper dormant connected the crushed adjacent to a achromatic Nissan, section ABC affiliate WPVI reported. At slightest 1 slug spread was connected the rear doorway of the vehicle.

An autopsy was acceptable to beryllium conducted connected Thursday, though its results are not yet clear. The Walmart was reportedly closed for the time aft the shooting.

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Authorities person not shared a statement of the suspect, and Cooper's girl expressed her astonishment that anyone would wounded her mother.

Cooper worked astatine the store for much than 20 years, her girl told country Fox affiliate WTXF. She added that her parent treated everyone nicely.

The unfortunate seemingly conscionable had her day connected Oct. 19, her household added, saying Cooper near down 3 children and 3 grandchildren.

The DA's bureau asked anyone with accusation astir the shooting to interaction Montgomery County detectives astatine 610-278-3368 oregon Cheltenham constabulary astatine 215-885-1600, hold 499, oregon to telephone anonymously utilizing hold 777.

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