TJ Lane gets life, curses at victims' families T.J. Lane gives the finger and smirks as he is sentenced to life for shooting rampage that left three Chardon High School students dead WEARING a T-shirt with "killer" on it, a teenager cursed and gestured obscenely as he was given three life sentences. TJ Lane, 18, had pleaded guilty last month to shooting at students in February 2012 at Chardon High School, east of Cleveland. Investigators have said he admitted to the shooting but said he didn't know why he did it. Prosecutors say Lane took a .22-calibre pistol and a knife to the school and fired 10 shots at a group of students in the cafeteria. Daniel Parmertor and Demetrius Hewlin, both 16, and Russell King Jr, 17, were killed. Before the case went to adult court last year, a juvenile court judge ruled that Lane was mentally competent to stand trial despite evidence he suffers from hallucinations, psychosis and fantasies. TJ Lane unbuttons his shirt during sentencing. Lane was given three lifetime prison sentences without the possibility of parole. Control crazies, not guns: Bruce Willis. Lane was defiant during the sentencing, smiling and smirking throughout, including while four relatives of victims spoke. After he came in, he calmly unbuttoned his blue dress shirt to reveal the T-shirt reading "killer," which the prosecutor noted was similar to one he wore during the shooting. Defence attorney Ian Friedman, left, looks on as TJ Lane makes and obscene gesture to the victims families in court. At one point, he swivelled around in his chair toward the gallery where his own family members and those of the slain teenagers were sitting and spoke suddenly, surprising even his lawyer. "The hand that pulls the trigger that killed your sons now masturbates to the memory," he said, then cursed at and raised his middle finger toward the victims' relatives. A student who was wounded in the rampage dismissed the outburst. Dina Parmertor, mother of victim Daniel, speaks during the sentencing of TJ Lane. "He said it like a scared little boy and couldn't talk slow enough that anyone could understand him," said Nate Mueller, who was nicked in the ear in the shooting. Dina Parmertor, mother of victim Daniel, called Lane "a pathetic excuse for a human being" and wished upon him "an extremely, slow torturous death." She said she has nightmares and her family has been physically sick over the crimes. "From now on, he will only be a killer," she said, as Lane's smile widened. I want him to feel my anger toward him. Crystal King, sister of Russell King, wipes a tear as she addresses the court at the sentencing of T. J. Lane. AP /The News-Herald, Duncan Scott Lane had pleaded guilty last month to three counts of aggravated murder, two counts of attempted aggravated murder and one count of felonious assault. Life imprisonment without parole was the maximum sentence Lane faced. He wasn't eligible for the death penalty because he was 17 at the time of the shootings. Relatives of the slain students indicated earlier they wanted Lane to get the maximum sentence.