Pool via Reuters

T.J. Lane takes off his shirt to show a white T-shirt with the word "KILLER" spelled out on it at his sentencing. Lane was sentenced to life without parole for killing three students in a shooting rampage at a high school in a small town east of Cleveland.

By Elizabeth Chuck, Staff Writer, NBC News

Geauga County Judge David Fuhry sentenced T.J. Lane to three life sentences without eligibility for parole for three counts of murder, plus 8 years for a fourth count of attempted aggravated murder, 6 years for a fifth count of attempted aggravated murder, and 6 years for a sixth count of felonious assault.

In handing him the sentences, Fuhry said Lane lacked remorse for the killings. Lane was ruled mentally competent enough to stand trial last year despite evidence he suffers from hallucinations and psychosis. Fuhry said Tuesday that court examinations showed Lane faked mental illness and was such a smart student that he was set to graduate from high school early, Reuters reported. 

Read the full story.

Duncan Scott / The News-Herald, pool via Reuters

Dina Parmertor, mother of shooting victim Daniel, speaks during the sentencing of T.J. Lane in Cleveland, Ohio, March 19.

Aaron Josefczyk / Reuters

Alleged gunman T.J. Lane is escorted out of the Geauga County Courthouse Annex by deputies, Feb. 28, 2012, after his court appearance for shooting and killing three students and wounding two others at Chardon High School in Chardon, Ohio. Another student has died from wounds suffered in Monday's shooting rampage at the Ohio high school, authorities said on Tuesday, as the shaken suburban Cleveland town prepared for a vigil for the teenage victims of the attack.

Slideshow: Deadly school shooting in Ohio

David Maxwell / EPA

Chardon High School shooting rampage

Launch slideshow

NBC News reports: The death toll in an Ohio high school shooting rose to three students Tuesday as the suspect, 17-year-old T.J. Lane, appeared at a preliminary hearing where a prosecutor said the victims appeared to have been chosen at random.

A prosecutor said Lane had admitted firing 10 shots and that he fired at students randomly. Two other teens were wounded; one remains hospitalized and the other was released on Tuesday.

When Lane exited in custody of police, he turned to his two aunts and his grandfather, who is his legal guardian, and said with emotion "I'm sorry I'm so sorry" as he clenched his jaw, appearing to hold back tears.

Follow @msnbc_pictures