The man who killed 10 people in a mass shooting at a Colorado grocery store in 2021 was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 25, had pleaded not guilty because of insanity.
The jury instead found the Syria-born man guilty in Boulder District Court on 10 counts of first-degree murder. Jurors also found him guilty on dozens of counts of attempted murder and weapons offenses.
After relatives of the victims addressed the court, Judge Ingrid Bakke formally gave Alissa the mandatory sentence under Colorado law of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Authorities said Alissa was armed with a legally purchased Ruger AR-556 pistol, which resembles an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle, when he entered the King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, about 30 miles (50 km) northwest of Denver, on March 22, 2021.
Alissa shot dead two people in the parking lot before entering the store and killing eight others, including a police officer who responded to the shooting.
Erika Mahoney, whose father Kevin was killed in the shooting, told the court during victim impact statements on Monday that shortly after learning of her father’s murder she envisioned standing in court and facing the gunman.
