A man was sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison Friday for killing two brothers and injuring three other people at a family-owned linen business in Chester, Pennsylvania, in 2024.
Wilbert Rosado-Ruiz was sentenced after being found guilty of murder in the shooting deaths of Giguenson Peña Peña and his brother, Leovanny Rojas Peña Peña. He was also convicted of aggravated assault and other crimes for shooting and injuring three other people at Delaware County Linen, a family-owned laundry service company on West Fourth Street.
On May 22, 2024, Rosado-Ruiz, an employee at the company, got into an argument with one of his co-workers that morning. Rosado-Ruiz then went outside the business, made a phone call, went back inside, pulled out a gun and opened fire, according to officials.
“He methodically walked around the floor of the business and we have some videotape of him doing these things,” Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said back in 2024.
Stollsteimer said Rosado-Ruiz was captured on surveillance video calmly walking through the business and firing.
Giguenson Peña Peña and his brother, Leovanny Rojas Peña Peña, who were from the Dominican Republic, were both shot and killed during the rampage.
Three other employees — including the woman Rosado-Ruiz got in the initial argument with — were injured in the shooting, officials said.
Police said the woman left the building after she was shot. Rosado-Ruiz was captured on video following her across the street and shooting at her again, according to investigators. Officials said he either ran out of ammunition or misfired as he aimed at her.
Rosado-Ruiz was later captured by responding police officers from Trainer, Pennsylvania. The officers stopped his car after a description of the vehicle was released, according to Chester Police Commissioner Steven Gretsky.
Stollsteimer described Rosado-Ruiz as an “angry” worker who had issues and confrontations with colleagues in the past.
According to officials, Rosado-Ruiz had legally purchased the gun used in the shooting in 2018 but did not have a license to carry it concealed upon his person.
