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Columbine lockdown: FBI searches for ‘armed and dangerous’ woman Sol Pais, who made threats against high school before anniversary of mass shooting

  • Doors locked at Columbine and more than 20 other schools in the Denver area
  • Suspect last seen in the foothills west of Denver

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Two undated photos of Sol Pais, who authorities suspect of making threats on Columbine High School. Photo: AP/Jefferson County Sheriff's Office
Associated Press

US authorities said on Tuesday they are looking for an 18-year-old woman suspected of making threats against Columbine High School, just days before the 20th anniversary of a mass shooting that killed 13 people.

The information prompted a lockdown at the high school and several others outside Denver. All students were safe, school officials said. Authorities said schools would remain closed in the area on Wednesday.

Columbine High School principal Scott Christy (right) joins an officer in watching as students leave the school late Tuesday, April 16, 2019. Photo: AP
Columbine High School principal Scott Christy (right) joins an officer in watching as students leave the school late Tuesday, April 16, 2019. Photo: AP
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Sol Pais travelled to Colorado on Monday night and made threats against the schools, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI said. Officials did not provide further details about the threats or say where she was from.

Pais was last seen in the foothills west of Denver, was considered armed and extremely dangerous and should not be approached.

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