Associated Press - November 19, 2009 7:24 PM ET

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A Fort Carson soldier convicted of killing two people with an AK-47 has been sentenced to two consecutive life sentences.

A judge also sentenced 25-year-old Jomar Falu-Vives to another 140 years on Thursday for wounding a fellow soldier in another drive-by shooting in Colorado Springs. A jury on Wednesday convicted the Iraq war veteran of first-degree murder and attempted murder after nearly seven hours of deliberation.

Falu-Vives apologized Thursday, saying he wanted his voice heard.

He told the court that he's always been a soldier and is "ready to take the road which you are going to set before me. Sorry."

Dave Szody, father of Army Capt. Zachary A Szody, said after the sentencing that Falu-Vives "is not a soldier in any army."

Falu-Vives' gun was used in the shootings, but his attorneys had argued that he did not pull the trigger.

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