BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A mentally ill man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 was sentenced Monday to life in prison for murder after a jury rejected his attempt to avoid prison time by pleading not guilty by reason of insanity.

The gunman who massacred 10 people at Kings Soopers supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, in 2021 was sentenced Monday to life in prison without parole.

Ahmad Alissa was convicted on charges that included 10 counts of first-degree murder and 38 counts of attempted murder.

Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, who killed 10 people in the mass shooting in 2021, had argued that he was not guilty by reason of insanity.

A mentally ill man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket was convicted Monday of murder by a jury that rejected his attempt to avoid prison time by pleading not guilty by reason of insanity.

In addition to 10 counts of first-degree murder, the jury found Alissa guilty on 38 charges of attempted murder, one count of assault, and six counts

Matthew Jonas/Boulder Daily Camera/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo DENVER (Reuters) -The man who killed 10 people in a mass shooting at a Colorado grocery store in 2021 was convicted on Monday of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

A man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket has been found guilty of murder in the 2021 attack, becoming the latest person to fail in an attempt to be acquitted by reason of insanity. Jurors found Ahmad Alissa guilty on Monday.