The Mooresville teen convicted last month for planning a school shooting will spend more than a decade behind bars.

Trinity Shockley, 19, was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Nov. 24 after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit murder, a felony that carries a maximum sentence of 30 years.

Mooresville high school shooting planned and stopped

She was arrested in February after one of her friends tipped off the FBI, concerned that Shockley had plans for a mass shooting at Mooresville High School and access to an AR-15 rifle.

Investigators say Shockley sent messages on Snapchat and Discord about the planned attack under the alias "Jamie," who said he was an 18-year-old transgender man. Shockley clarified in court that while she used that identity online, she is not transgender, WFY

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