{"id":2636,"date":"2026-07-15T21:45:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T21:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2636"},"modified":"2026-07-15T21:45:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T21:45:20","slug":"a-delco-man-who-killed-two-of-his-co-workers-told-a-judge-that-he-acted-in-self-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2636","title":{"rendered":"A Delco man who killed two of his co-workers told a judge that he acted in self-defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Wilbert Rosado-Ruiz\u2019s fate was placed Wednesday in the hands of a Delaware County judge, who, in the coming week, will determine whether the shooting he committed where he worked, killing two people and wounding three others, was justified or an act of murder.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2634\">Former Bucks County man who voted twice for President Donald Trump in 2020 sentenced to six months of house arrest<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>At the close of his bench trial on murder, attempted murder and related crimes for the May 2024 shooting, Rosado-Ruiz, 63, testified that he felt his life was in danger and acted in self-defense. A group of his coworkers at Delaware County Linen had ganged up on him, he said, cornering him in the industrial laundry facility and threatening to kill him and his family.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>He had to shoot his way to safety, he said, because he knew at least two of them were armed with knives he had caught glimpses of.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a person who would never try to hurt anyone,\u201d he said. \u201cAnyone who is inoffensive to me, anyone who would not try to hurt me, I would not try to hurt.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cNow, if someone does try to make a move on my life, yes, I am someone who is armed, and I would defend myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Rosado-Ruiz\u2019s attorney, Kevin O\u2019Neill, urged Judge Kevin Kelly to acquit his client of all charges, saying he reacted to what he believed to be credible threats to his life and the lives of his loved ones.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Assistant District Attorney Sophia Polites balked at that explanation during her closing arguments Wednesday. None of the victims were armed, and surveillance footage from the Chester business showed them running for their lives as Rosado-Ruiz chased them from room to room.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Rosado-Ruiz, she said, shot at his fleeing coworkers because he wanted to, not because he needed to. He believed, she said, they had disrespected him.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis was not a decision made out of fear. This was about his ego,\u201d Polites said. \u201cOne by one, the people he perceived to have disrespected him, they became his targets.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Brothers Leovanny Pe\u00f1a Pe\u00f1a, 30, and Giguenson Pe\u00f1a Pe\u00f1a, 26, were killed by Rosado-Ruiz after he clocked in for his early-morning shift.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2632\">U.S. pledges to buy more Philly-made ships and nuclear sub parts<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Testimony during the trial showed that Rosado-Ruiz got into an altercation with another coworker, Nilamarie Valdivieso, while on a video call with his wife and daughter. Valdivieso testified that she approached Rosado-Ruiz to ask him why he was angry, and he responded explosively, screaming that he was \u201ctired of all these people,\u201d before pulling out his 9mm handgun and shooting Valdivieso in the shoulder. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>But Rosado-Ruiz offered a different version of that initial encounter. He testified that Valdivieso hurled insults at him before threatening to cut his head off.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The Pe\u00f1a Pe\u00f1a brothers, as well as other coworkers, joined Valdivieso, Rosado-Ruiz said, and formed a crowd to block him from leaving the room. He said he saw that the two brothers were carrying knives, and moved toward him in a threatening manner.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>That\u2019s when, he said, he opened fire.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI waited, and I really thought nothing would happen,\u201d he said. \u201cI didn\u2019t want to hurt anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Rosado-Ruiz remained on the video call with his family throughout the initial encounter and eventual shooting, but his wife and daughter testified that they could not see or hear the shooting as it took place.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>But evidence in the case, including surveillance footage of the encounter, Polites, the prosecutor said, showed that the people around Rosado-Ruiz scattered at the sight of his gun.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>After shooting Valdivieso, he shot Leovanny Pe\u00f1a Pe\u00f1a three times before chasing after the other people who fled. Rosado-Ruiz caught up with Giguenson Pe\u00f1a Pe\u00f1a after he had exited the building, and shot him as he ran away from him, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>None of the victims were armed, despite what Rosado-Ruiz said he saw, Polites said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2630\">\u2018Didn\u2019t we try this before?\u2019 And other questions about permanent daylight saving time, answered.<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Judge Kelly said he will deliver his verdict on July 22.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wilbert Rosado-Ruiz said the May 2024 shooting at Delaware County Linen was done in self-defense. 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