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April 18, 2019

Teen Who Threatened Colorado Schools Dead of Self-Inflicted Gunshot
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Back in the United States, police in Colorado say they discovered the
body of a Florida teenager Wednesday after she allegedly threatened to
mark the 20th anniversary of the Columbine High School shootings with a
massacre of her own. Eighteen-year-old Sol Pais was found in the
mountains west of Denver, dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot
wound. Police said Pais was "infatuated" with the Columbine massacre and
traveled to Denver Monday, buying a gun and ammunition before making
threats that the FBI called "credible" but nonspecific. The threats
prompted authorities to cancel Wednesday classes for more than a
half-million students across Colorado's Front Range. This is John Mc
Donald, director of the Jefferson County Department of School Safety.

John Mc Donald: "Looking at school shooters and the history of what
we've seen for the last 20 years, there are some real indicators that we
look at-the fact that she was committed; purchased a plane ticket; not
only purchased a plane ticket but made that journey, that pilgrimage to
Columbine; once she got into our area, purchased a gun."



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