This week, a man who was found guilty of killing a guy sitting on the front porch of his Lebanon house in 2023 at close range was given a life sentence.
Juan Delgado drove to Juan Ortiz Rivera s home in the northern side of the city on March 9, 2023, and walked up to his porch with an illegally possessed 9-millimeter handgun, the Lebanon County district attorney s office said.
Delgado, 33, shot Rivera, 30, twice in front of Rivera’s wife, according to the prosecution. In November, when Delgado was on trial for first-degree murder, her testimony and home security footage of the shooting were shown.
Due to gunshot wounds to his chest and neck, Rivera passed away at the site.
Prosecutors claimed that Delgado sought to abandon the murder weapon, left after the shooting, and threw away the clothes he had been wearing. However, the district attorney’s office claims that Rivera’s wife recognized him right away and told the police, who took him into custody a few hours later.
According to the police, Delgado’s distinctive tattoo, which can be seen on the security footage, helped them identify him. After authorities discovered an individual connected to Delgado in possession of the murder weapon, he was taken into custody about a month later. During the trial, that guy stated that he witnessed Delgado concealing the firearm following the incident. He also said Delgado confessed to him that he d committed the murder.
After a four-day trial, a jury convicted Delgado of first-degree murder. He was sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole the mandatory sentence for a first-degree murder conviction in Pennsylvania.
An disagreement between the two led to the senseless homicide, according to the district attorney’s office in Lebanon County.
According to Rivera’s obituary, he is left by his wife, six children, and two grandchildren.
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