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A mentally ill man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 has been found guilty of murder and faces life in prison. Jurors reached their verdict Monday in the trial of Ahmad Alissa. (AP Video / Sept. 23, 2024)

By Mead Gruver The Associated Press

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. As a result, instead of remaining in a state hospital for psychiatric treatment, he was sentenced to life in prison.

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