Overview
- Surveillance video captured the April 3 attack outside a Fort Myers gas station, where a woman was struck in the head with a hammer and died at the scene; authorities have not released her name, while local reports describe her as a gas station clerk and mother of two.
- Rolbert Joachin, 40, was arrested with help from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and is held in Lee County on second-degree murder and criminal mischief charges.
- DHS says Joachin entered the U.S. in August 2022, was released after entry, later received Temporary Protected Status — a short-term humanitarian permission to stay — and that status expired in 2024.
- ICE has placed an immigration detainer on Joachin and says it will seek to deport him after the criminal case, which is how immigration proceedings typically follow local prosecutions.
- Following DHS’s disclosures, President Donald Trump on Thursday posted the graphic surveillance video and blamed Biden-era policies, while Florida officials called the killing preventable and emphasized the suspect’s immigration history.