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Judge hands down 112-year sentence to Aaron Ybarra,Seattle Pacific University shooter

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;260202&semi;">Aaron Ybarra&comma; 29&comma; claimed God and Satan instructed him to open fire at the school in 2014 with a shotgun<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;260202&semi;"><strong>Ybarra<&sol;strong> <strong>killed one student&comma; wounded two others<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;260202&semi;"><strong>A student Jon Meis&comma; ambushed Ybarra with peper spray&comma; secured gun and took the suicide weapon &lbrack;knife&rsqb; from shooter&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;260202&semi;"><strong>Meis held down killer until help arrived&period; He was honored in 2015 for acts of heroism <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;260202&semi;"><strong>A jury found Ybarra guilty of first-degree murder&comma; three counts of attempted murder and one account of assault for the attack at SPU that killed 19-year-old Paul Lee in Nov&comma; 2016<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;260202&semi;"><strong>In mitigation&comma; Ybarra apologized for his crime &semi; I wish could &&num;8220&semi;take back what I did&comma; but I can&&num;8217&semi;t&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;260202&semi;"><strong>Friday&comma; judge Rogers sentenced him to 112-years caling him a coward<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-34273" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;06&sol;aaron-ybarra1&period;png&quest;w&equals;620" alt&equals;"Aaron Ybarra1&period;png" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Labeling the convicted killer&&num;8217&semi;s actions &&num;8220&semi;a cowardly act&comma;&&num;8221&semi; a Seattle judge condemned the gunman responsible for the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2016&sol;06&sol;15&sol;footage-emerges-of-how-seattle-student-jon-meis-disarmed-2014-seattle-pacific-university-shooter-aaron-ybarra-with-pepper-spray&sol;">2014 Seattle Pacific University shooting <&sol;a>to 112 years in prison&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Judge Jim Rogers showed little mercy to Aaron Ybarra&comma; 29&comma; a man who claimed God and Satan instructed him to open fire at the school in 2014&comma; killing 19-year-old SPU student&comma; Paul Lee and wounding two others with a shotgun&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;Mr&period; Ybarra&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Rogers&comma; according to <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;king5&period;com&sol;news&sol;local&sol;spu-shooter-sentenced-to-112-years-in-prison&sol;409373681" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">KING 5 News<&sol;a>&comma; &&num;8220&semi;you got out of your truck and started&period; Last November&comma; A  jury found Ybarra guilty of first-degree murder&comma; three counts of attempted murder and one account of assault for the attack at SPU&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In the sentencing hearing&comma; Ybarra apologized for his crime and told Judge Jim Rogers that he wished he could &&num;8220&semi;take back what I did&comma; but I can&&num;8217&semi;t&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;Over the past two and half years I&&num;8217&semi;ve realized I&&num;8217&semi;ve damaged more than just innocent people&period; I&&num;8217&semi;ve damaged a community&period; Maybe the world&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-module h">&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"ra-figure"><figcaption>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-143346" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;02&sol;aaron-ybarra&lowbar;s-sentencing-hearing-on-friday&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Aaron Ybarra’s sentencing hearing on Friday&period;&period;jpg" width&equals;"656" height&equals;"364" &sol;>Pacific University shooter Aaron Ybarra in court for his sentencing hearing on Friday<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Thankfully&comma; Ybarra&&num;8217&semi;s would-be massacre was put to an end by student Jon Meis&comma; who was caught on security footage leaping at the unhinged killer and dousing him with pepper spray&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2016&sol;06&sol;15&sol;footage-emerges-of-how-seattle-student-jon-meis-disarmed-2014-seattle-pacific-university-shooter-aaron-ybarra-with-pepper-spray&sol;">Seattle student Jon Meis&comma; disarmed 2014 Seattle Pacific University shooter&comma; Aaron Ybarra&comma; with pepper spray<&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;Meis managed to then wrestle the weapon away from Ybarra&comma; who appeared to try and resort to attempting suicide with a hunting knife only to have the campus hero grab him yet again as another man ran over to kick the weapon away from Ybarra&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-34276" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;06&sol;aaron-ybarra2&period;png&quest;w&equals;620" alt&equals;"Aaron Ybarra2&period;png" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong>Responders surveying the scene after&period; Meis disarmed Ybarra and sat on him till help arrived<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-143349" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;02&sol;ybara2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"ybara2" width&equals;"750" height&equals;"418" &sol;>Surveillance footage shows Jon Meis pepper-spraying shooting suspect Aaron Ybarra at Seattle Pacific University&period;<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Prior to his November 2016 conviction&comma; Ybarra pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity&comma; though the jury would apparently dismiss his attorney&&num;8217&semi;s efforts to show his client suffered from mental illness&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Similarly&comma; his aunt Audrey Garcia asked for clemency from Rogers&comma; telling him at Friday&&num;8217&semi;s sentencing hearing&comma; &&num;8220&semi;When someone has mental issues&comma; please help them&period; Don&&num;8217&semi;t let them get this far&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Said Ybarra&comma; &&num;8220&semi;I hope I can get the help I need to stop the throbbing in my head&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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