Serna, 18, pleaded guilty to attempted murder, felonious assault and inducing panic last month. He faces up to 23.5 years in prison.
Serna brought a shotgun to school on Jan. 20, 2017 and shot fellow student Logan Cole twice in a bathroom, according to police. He then fired on a teacher who walked into the bathroom, but he missed, police said. Serna continued into the hallway, where he opened fire toward classrooms.
FROM OUR REPORTERS IN THE COURTROOM:
Cole: one of the shotgun pellets travelled through his blood stream and to his heart that needed a heart catheterization to remove it. Also says doctor said had 1 of the pellets gone just 2 millimeters the other direction it would have severed his spine paralyzing or killing him.
— John Bedell (@JBedellWHIO) May 2, 2018
Logan says he remembers thinking he might die. Says he tried to get up and turned to see Serna and begging him not to kill him, anyone else or himself. He also says he told Ely if he cared for him, he would “get help.”
— John Bedell (@JBedellWHIO) May 2, 2018
Logan says he was shot once in the chest and once at the base of his neck and remembers falling and his teeth cracking on the floor. Says it felt like “I was hit by a concussion grenade.” Says he remembers seeing his blood splatter on the wall and knowing he was shot.
— John Bedell (@JBedellWHIO) May 2, 2018
Cole is asking Selvaggio to give Serna the max sentence. He says he forgives them, but “there is a difference between forgiveness and justice”.
— Parker Perry 📰📰🗞 (@ParkerPerry_) May 2, 2018