A judge has ordered a Monroe County man to serve consecutive life sentences for fatally shooting two neighbors with a shotgun in March 2014.

Garry Flyte, 56, pleaded guilty to two counts of first degree murder on during a court appearance Monday. He had been set to go to trial on the charges later this year.Prosecutors agreed not to pursue the death penalty against Flyte in exchange for his pleading guilty but mentally ill.Flyte told police that voices urged him to kill Jeffrey Place, 54, and his stepson, 30-year-old Steven Powell, at their home in Eldred Township. He also shot the family's dog.His defense attorney said Monday that Flyte still doesn't know why he killed his two neighbors.Experts for the prosecution and defense testified that while Flyte was indeed mentally ill, exhibiting symptoms of schizophrenia at the time of the shooting, it was not severe enough to merit a plea of not guilty by way of insanity. Judge Margherita Worthington agreed.More than a dozen of the victims' relatives and supporters attended the hearing.Flyte mostly spoke only when prompted by the judge. He declined to speak before he was sentenced.Public defender James Gregor said that Flyte still struggles to understand why he shot his neighbors.In addition to hearing voices in the time leading up to the shooting, Flyte also reported seeing things that were apparently hallucinations.He told police that he believed people were trespassing on his property, placing listening devices in his home and items on his roof.He also said that he believed large groups of people were coming to his home to sleep with his wife.Dr. Stephen Mechanick, the psychiatrist called by the prosecution, testified that while Flyte reports no longer hearing voices, he still experiences the same delusions.Dr. Elliot Atkins, called by the defense, said he was confident that Flyte was not trying to mislead police about his mental state to avoid prosecution.Flyte says that he did not have any alcohol or use drugs the night of the shooting, but he did admit to abusing alcohol in the past and occasionally using methamphetamine,However, Flyte was not tested for drugs or alcohol the night of the shooting.Mechanick testified that it was possible that Flyte's psychotic behavior could have been caused by past drug or alcohol use, but it was also possible that it just developed with age.