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| Smirking teenager jailed for Ohio school shooting | Smirking teenager jailed for Ohio school shooting |
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| A US teenager smirked as he was handed three life sentences without chance of parole after admitting killing three students in a high school cafeteria. | A US teenager smirked as he was handed three life sentences without chance of parole after admitting killing three students in a high school cafeteria. |
| Wearing a T-shirt with the word "killer" hand-written on it, TJ Lane, 18, taunted victims of the attack in February last year in Ohio. | |
| Despite evidence he suffered psychosis and hallucinations, he was found competent to be tried as an adult. | Despite evidence he suffered psychosis and hallucinations, he was found competent to be tried as an adult. |
| Investigators have said the gunman told them he did not know why he did it. | Investigators have said the gunman told them he did not know why he did it. |
| Lane pleaded guilty last month to three counts of aggravated murder, two counts of attempted aggravated murder and one count of felonious assault. | Lane pleaded guilty last month to three counts of aggravated murder, two counts of attempted aggravated murder and one count of felonious assault. |
| 'Pathetic human being' | 'Pathetic human being' |
| He used a .22-calibre pistol to fire 10 shots at a group of students in Chardon High School's cafeteria, killing 16-year-olds Daniel Parmertor and Demetrius Hewlin, and Russell King, 17. Three others were wounded. | He used a .22-calibre pistol to fire 10 shots at a group of students in Chardon High School's cafeteria, killing 16-year-olds Daniel Parmertor and Demetrius Hewlin, and Russell King, 17. Three others were wounded. |
| During Tuesday's sentencing, Lane unbuttoned his shirt in court to reveal a white T-shirt with the word "killer" scrawled across the chest. | During Tuesday's sentencing, Lane unbuttoned his shirt in court to reveal a white T-shirt with the word "killer" scrawled across the chest. |
| He also smirked throughout the hearing, including while relatives of his victims spoke, mocking and gesturing obscenely at them. | He also smirked throughout the hearing, including while relatives of his victims spoke, mocking and gesturing obscenely at them. |
| Dina Parmertor, mother of victim Daniel, said that Lane was "a pathetic excuse for a human being" and wished him "an extremely, slow torturous death". | Dina Parmertor, mother of victim Daniel, said that Lane was "a pathetic excuse for a human being" and wished him "an extremely, slow torturous death". |
| One of his victims, Nate Mueller, who escaped the shooting with a minor injury, dismissed Lane's courtroom antics as those of "a scared little boy". | One of his victims, Nate Mueller, who escaped the shooting with a minor injury, dismissed Lane's courtroom antics as those of "a scared little boy". |
| At the time of the shooting, Lane was waiting for a bus to a school for children who have not adjusted to traditional school environments. | At the time of the shooting, Lane was waiting for a bus to a school for children who have not adjusted to traditional school environments. |
| Lane was not eligible for the death sentence, because he was 17 when the shooting occurred. But relatives of the victims pushed for the maximum sentence. |