A 13-year-old gunman who shot his teacher and a classmate at his Indiana school is sent to a juvenile detention center after the judge ruled he poses a danger to others.
'You went into school that day intending to kill many people, not just two,' Hamilton Circuit Judge Paul A. Felix told the teen, who cannot be named because he is a minor. 'You wanted devastation, an inescapable tragedy for the ages.'
The boy admitted last week to shooting seventh-grade science teacher Jason Seaman and 13-year-old Ella Whistler at Noblesville West Middle School in suburban Indianapolis, on May 25. He also apologized at the hearing.
But Judge Felix dismissed the apology as 'insincere' and said at Wednesday's sentencing that he's seen 'no remorse' from the young shooter.
He also rejected a request from the boy's attorneys who argued he should be sent to a private treatment center because he could come out worse if he was influenced by older teens at the detention center.
'My concern is for the people you will be near, not the other way around,' the judge said.
Ella Whistler serves as a grand marshal as she rides with her family in the Fourth of July Parade in Noblesville, Ind. Whistler survived a school shooting at Noblesville West Middle School
Jason Seaman, the seventh-grade science teacher survived a school shooting at Noblesville West Middle School . The 13-year-old boy who opened fire inside the school, wounding Seaman and a classmate before being tackled by Seaman
He rejected a request from the boy's attorneys that he be sent to a private treatment facility and ordered him to be sent to the Indiana Department of Correction for placement in a state juvenile detention facility for rehabilitation. He will be placed on probation after turning 18.
Defense lawyer Christopher Eskew said he worries that the youth won't receive the counseling he needs in the state juvenile system, arguing that most of its programs are for alcohol, drug or sexual abuse.
'There's very little actual emotional treatment there,' Eskew said.
Prosecutors said during last week's hearing that the boy found the keys to a basement safe in his family's home, unlocked it and removed two handguns and more than 100 rounds of ammunition that he brought to the school in a backpack.
Prosecutors said the boy 'is obsessed with violence being committed upon innocent people.' Investigators said that the day before the shooting, he filmed a video in his family's basement in which he showed two handguns and said: 'Tomorrow's Friday, you know what that means. I have to take other people's lives before I take my own.'
Law enforcement vehicles are seen behind a school sign after a shooting at Noblesville in May
Students who were evacuated are pictured above leaving the school
Whistler survived after being shot seven times. The teacher, Seaman, was shot three times. Two of those bullets remain in his body.
He testified last week that the boy returned to his classroom from a bathroom break and opened fire.
Seaman, a former football player at Southern Illinois University, said he threw a miniature basketball at the boy as he fired shots, and then tackled the youth and disarmed him.
Investigators testified that the boy's online history was filled with searches for school shootings, including the day before the shooting, when he allegedly searched for 'What was the largest mass shooting in America.' He also searched for a 'blueprint' of the Noblesville school.
During the hearing last week, atttorneys for the boy read out his statement as he apologized to his seventh-grade classmate Ella.
'Ella, I'm sorry for the pain I've caused you,' he wrote.
'I wish I could have been the geeky jokester who annoyed you.
'If I could, I would take it back.'
He also apologized to his teacher, Jason Seaman, who was shot three times while tackling and disarming the boy inside his classroom. The boy thanked his teacher for protecting the other students in the classroom.
Evacuated middle school students wait on buses outside Noblesville High School after the shooting in May
'I want to show everyone that I'm going to do what I have to do. I will accept any consequence,' he wrote.
The boy, dressed in an orange and white jumpsuit, appeared stoic as he sat next to his mother and father while the statement was read out.
His mother later took to the stand and thanked Seaman for protecting the other students and ultimately also saving her son's life.
'Mr Seaman, I'm sorry. I'm sorry this happened to you,' she said. '(His father) and I can't thank you enough. For us, you also saved (our son's) life.'
She told the court that her son's upbringing had been 'good, normal, calm until May'.
The statements came as prosecutors told the court that the boy was carrying two handguns and more than 100 rounds of ammunition on the day of the attack
Prosecutors said the boy made a video warning of violence the day before the attack.
He filmed the video in his family's basement showing a .45-caliber handgun and a .22-caliber handgun with a silencer.
'Tomorrow's Friday, you know what that means. I have to take other people's lives before I take my own,' the boy said, according to prosecutors.
If the boy had been charged as an adult, he would have faced 11 counts, including attempted murder and aggravated battery.
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