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Montgomery County Judge Risa Ferman told Keenan Jones the fact no one was killed does not diminish the seriousness of his actions.
Jones was convicted of firing seven shots inside the crowded Walmart on Easton Road in August 2018.
The defense argued it was a psychotic break brought on by PTSD from watching his father and a close friend die in front of him after they were shot in his Germantown neighborhood, and a lack of sleep as his girlfriend went through a difficult delivery of his son on the day of the shooting.
"Although this sentence is significant, it just skims the surface for what these poor victims had to endure and went through since this occurred," Lupinacci said.
As Ferman sentenced Jones to 25 to 62 years in state prison, she acknowledged the need for mental health treatment, adding while he may not have gone to Walmart with the plans to shoot people, "once inside his actions were intentional."
Five people were wounded that day, and two police officers were injured taking Jones into custody.