Caleb Sharpe, who shot one classmate to death and wounded three others five years ago in a Washington state high school, apologized to his victims before he was sentenced Friday to 40 years in prison. FOX13
Caleb Sharpe, who shot one classmate to death and wounded three others five years ago in aSharpe, who was 15 at the time of the, pleaded guilty early this year in Spokane County Superior Court. The 20-year-old Sharpe showed no emotion as Superior Court Judge Michael Price handed down a sentence that was longer than what prosecutors had requested.After closing statements by attorneys for both sides, Sharpe made his first public comments since his arrest five years ago.
On Thursday, Ami Strahan and the three wounded girls gave statements, all saying they wanted Sharpe to serve the maximum time in prison, which was 45 years. "As I lay there, I watched you walk by me. Lockdown alarm blaring, wearing all black with the most emotionless face I’ve ever seen," Jensen said to Sharpe. "Shooting at my classmates as they run for their lives into classrooms. I screamed. There was nothing else I could do."
When she arrived at the school, she noticed she was being led to a different area than other parents: She was taken to the sheriff."I screamed twice, loud," Strahan said. "And I fell down."
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