Bobby Gladden *Maryland Perry Hall High School Shooter* Signed Prison ID

BALTIMORE —

The Baltimore County teen who admitted to opening fire inside Perry Hall High School on the first day of classes in August was sentenced Monday.

The judge handed 15-year-old Robert Gladden Jr. a sentence of life and suspended all but 35 years in court on Monday. The judge also called school shootings national modern-day plagues and wanted to send a message that, for those wishing to participate in similar behavior, the consequences are severe.

"I don't know if (the family is) disappointed. I just know they're probably upset over the fact that you have a 15-year-old now who has to comprehend a 35-year sentence," Gladden defense attorney George Psoras said.

Last week, the teen pleaded guilty to adult charges of first-degree attempted murder.

Gladden admitted to firing a shotgun inside a crowded cafeteria, hitting special-needs student Daniel Borowy in the back on Aug. 27, 2012 -- the first day of school.

Gladden said he was trying to make a statement that the world was messed up and he wanted to killed himself and take others with him. Gladden told the judge that taking a gun to school was "the dumbest and stupidest decision I've ever made in my life."

In court Monday, Gladden called his action senseless, begged for forgiveness and accepted the consequences. He said he did not intentionally target Borowy.

The judge said there was no evidence Gladden was a harden killer, but he certainly was a deliberate and attempted killer on Aug. 27. The judge also said he did not find Gladden's remorse at sentencing credible.

"I'm not satisfied with anything, because I think everybody lost. I mean, I think he needs to be punished, but I'm a person. My heart goes out to him, too," said Rosemary Borowy, the shooting victim's mother, after sentencing.

"There's a lot of hurt people in that room today, a lot. We're hurt on our end because Danny was hurt. Danny was shot and nobody deserves that. They (the Gladdens) are hurt on their end. He is a boy that's going to jail. He committed a crime and he's going to pay for that crime," said the victim's father, Milton Borowy. "There's no winner."

Gladden was also sentenced to 20 years in prison for use of a firearm in commission of a crime of violence. That sentence will run concurrently with the 35-year term.

The judge said he would recommend that Gladden be sent to the Patuxent Institution.