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>>> THE
>>> THE FBI AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ACROSS COLORADO ARE LOOKING FOR
SOL PAIS TONIGHT, THE WOMAN
THEY SAY WAS BEHIND THE THREAT
OF VIOLENCE THAT SENT DOZENS
OF SCHOOLS INTO LOCKDOWN TODAY.
WE STILL ARE WAITING FOR AN
OVERNIGHT CALL BETWEEN LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND SCHOOL LEADERS
ON WHETHER IT IS SAFE TO OPEN
UP TOMORROW.
UP TOMORROW. THE FBI SAYS SOL PAIS WHO IS 18
YEARS OLD IS INFATUATED WITH
COLUMBINE, THAT SHE HAS MADE
CONCERNING SPOKEN STATEMENTS IN
THE PAST.
THE PAST.
THE PAST. THEY ARE CONCERNED BECAUSE SHE
CAME HERE, THEY THINK SHE
LANDED THIS MORNING AND
IMMEDIATELY WENT AND BOUGHT A
PUMP ACTION SHOTGUN.
THEY ARE WARNING THE PUBLIC
THAT SHE IS ARMED AND EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS.
DANGEROUS. THEY DID SAY THAT SHE HAS NOT
MADE A SPECIFIC THREAT AGAINST
A SPECIFIC SCHOOL.
SHE WAS LAST SEEN IN THE JEFF
COLE FOOTHILLS.>> JEFFERSON
COUNTY SCHOOLS FIRST LEARNED OF
THE THREAT ABOUT NOON TODAY.
THE FPA OFFICE IN MIAMI ALERTED
THE AUTHORITIES IN THE SCHOOL
STARTED TO GO ON LOCKOUT.
COLORADO'S SECOND-LARGEST
COLORADO'S SECOND-LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT WENT ON
LOCKOUT, THAT MEANS NO ONE IS
LED TO COME AND GO, EVERYTHING
GOES ON AS NORMAL AS THE
SCHOOLS WERE LETTING OUT THIS
AFTERNOON, THE AREA OF CONCERN
GREW TO THE ENTIRE DENVER METRO
AREA.
AREA.
AREA. >>
AREA. >> A REPORTER WAS THERE TALKING
WITH INVESTIGATORS TONIGHT,
LIMITED INFORMATION FROM THEM,
IT'S CLEAR THAT THEY ARE
OPERATING OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE
OF CAUTION BECAUSE THERE ARE
JUST SO MANY RED FLAGS THAT
HAVE LINED UP IN THIS CASE.
>> Reporter: THAT'S KIND OF HOW
THEY STARTED OFF THIS
CONFERENCE WAS THEY ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT THIS THREAT THAT WE HAVE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL DAY HAD
CAUSED A LOT OF ANXIETY IN THE
COMMUNITY AND THEY WERE HOPING
TO MAYBE CLEAR UP A LITTLE BIT
OF THAT AND RELIEVE SOME OF
THAT TONIGHT BY PUTTING OUT
SOME OF THIS INFORMATION.
THEY SAID THE REASON IS TO
EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AS WELL SO
THEY TOLD US THAT THEY LEARNED
THIS MORNING FROM THE FBI
DIVISION IN MIAMI ABOUT A
POTENTIAL THREAT, THEY SAID
THAT THEY HAD IDENTIFIED SOL
PAIS, SHE HAD TRAVELED FROM
MIAMI, SHE HAD MADE CONCERNING
COMMENTS IN THE PAST AND AS YOU
HAD MENTIONED FROM THAT BELOW
THAT SHE HAD BEEN LISTED AS
INFATUATED WITH COLUMBINE.
THAT COMMENT RIGHT THERE
SPECIFICALLY MADE THE FBI
CONCERNED SO THEY STARTED
LOOKING INTO ACTIONS, ONCE SHE
GOT HERE.
GOT HERE.
GOT HERE. THEY SAY AFTER SHE ARRIVED IN
COLORADO SHE HAD OBTAINED A
PUMP ACTION SHOTGUN AND
AMMUNITION.
AMMUNITION. WE TRIED ASKING WHERE SHE GOT
THOSE BUT WE WERE NOT GIVEN AN
ANSWER.
ANSWER.
ANSWER. THE REASON WE DIDN'T GET THAT
BELOW UNTIL ABOUT 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON, BECAUSE THEY SAY
THEY WERE ASSESSING INFORMATION
TO GET TO A POINT WHERE THEY
COULD GET THAT BELOW OUT.
THEY SAY AT THIS POINT THEY ARE
WORKING WITH THE U.S. ATTORNEY
AND DISTRICT ATTORNEYS TO
PRESENT CERTAIN CHARGES AT THIS
TIME AND MAYBE BRING THOSE
FORWARD, BECAUSE THEY DO IN
FACT DEEM HER AS A CREDIBLE
THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY.>> SHE
DID NOT MAKE ANY SPECIFIC
THREATS TO A SPECIFIC SCHOOL,
BUT HER COMMENTS, HER ACTIONS
THAT WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT FROM
OTHERS TEND TO CAUSE US GREAT
CONCERN THAT SHE MAY POSE A
THREAT TO A SCHOOL.
NOT NECESSARILY COLUMBINE.
SHE HAS HAD AN INFATUATION WITH
COLUMBINE AND THE PERPETRATORS
OF COLUMBINE, SHE HAS MADE
COMMENTS TO THAT EFFECT, BUT
SHE HASN'T IDENTIFIED A
SPECIFIC THREAT TO A SPECIFIC
SCHOOL.
SCHOOL.
SCHOOL. >> Reporter: AS WAS MENTIONED
AT THE TOP OF THE REPORT, VERY
LIMITED INFORMATION COMING FROM
INVESTIGATORS TONIGHT, THEY SAY
BEHIND THE SCENES WHAT THEY ARE
WORKING ON RIGHT NOW ON TOP OF
FOLLOWING EVERY LEAD THEY CAN
IS ALSO WORKING WITH
SUPERINTENDENTS AND SCHOOL
DISTRICTS LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TO SEE HOW THEY ARE GOING TO
PROCEED LEADING INTO TOMORROW'S
SCHOOL DAY BECAUSE AT THIS TIME
THEY SAY THEY HAVE STILL NOT
FOUND WHO THEY ARE LOOKING FOR
WHICH IS 18-YEAR-OLD SOL PAIS.
>> A DIFFICULT SITUATION
BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOW FLOATED
THE IDEA OF DISTRICTS NEEDING
TO CLOSE BECAUSE THIS WOMAN
THAT THEY BELIEVE IS SO
DANGEROUS IS THAT LARGE SO IF
WE GET TO 3:30 IN THE MORNING
AND THEY STILL DON'T HAVE HER,
WHAT A SITUATION FOR SCHOOL
DISTRICTS TO TELL PARENTS AND
OH, JUST SEND THE KIDS.
>> AND PARENTS ARE GOING TO
MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS AT
THIS POINT AND THEY ARE GOING
TO WANT INFORMATION.
IT IS GOING TO BE A TOUGH
DECISION ALL THE WAY AROUND.
AGAIN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AN
18-YEAR-OLD WOMAN AT THE CENTER
OF THIS SCARE, AND SADLY THERE
HAVE BEEN MANY THREATS MADE,
UNPROVEN IN MANY CASES, BUT
THREATS MADE EVERY SINGLE YEAR
DURING THIS WEEK.
TO COLUMBINE AND OTHER SCHOOLS
IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, BUT WE
LEARNED THAT SHE CAME TO
COLORADO AS RECENTLY AS
YESTERDAY FROM FLORIDA AND WE
LEARNED THIS EARLIER THIS
EVENING.
EVENING.
EVENING. >> OUR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER
HAS BEEN LOOKING INTO HER
BACKGROUND AS WELL IS THE
TIMELINE.
TIMELINE.
TIMELINE. IT TOOK LIKE SOUNDS LIKE SHE
TOOK A FLIGHT IN.
>> THAT'S TRUE, MULTIPLE
SOURCES TELL US SHE PURCHASED A
SHOTGUN AND A GUN STORE IN
COLORADO JUST YESTERDAY.
SHE IS OF LEGAL AGE TO PURCHASE
ONE, SHE WOULD STILL HAVE TO
PASS A BACKGROUND CHECK AT A
GUN STORE.
GUN STORE. SHE CAME TO COLORADO FROM
SURFSIDE, FLORIDA WERE
NEIGHBORS SAY SHE HAD BEEN
LIVING WITH HER PARENTS.
TO PUT THE AREA INTO CONTEXT,
IT'S JUST NORTH OF MIAMI BEACH.
HER FATHER WAS THERE TONIGHT
WHEN ACCRUE FROM OUR STATION
KNOCKED ON THE DOOR.
HE DID NOT COME OUT.
WE DID SEE INVESTORS AT THE
SCENE THERE TONIGHT, NOT SURE
EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE DOING
AND BUT NEIGHBORS SAY
INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEEN IN THE
AREA SINCE LAST NIGHT WHICH
OBVIOUSLY ADDS COMPLEXITY TO
ALL OF THIS.
HERE'S WHAT ONE EVER SAID TO A
Reporter:
Reporter:
Reporter: >> I HOPE THEY GET HER BEFORE
SHE DOES ANYTHING.
SHE'S ALWAYS VERY QUIET AND
KEEPS TO HERSELF.
FROM WHAT I HEAR SHE DIDN'T
SOCIALIZE WELL IN SCHOOL.>> IS
A SURPRISING TO YOU OR NOT
SURPRISING?>> OF COURSE IS
SURPRISING, KIND OF SHOCKING
ACTUALLY.
ACTUALLY.
ACTUALLY. >> A COUPLE BIG QUESTIONS HERE,
WHY THE SUDDEN MOVE TO PLACE
MORE THAN A DOZEN SCHOOLS ON
LOCKDOWN AND WHY THE MOVER THAT
COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION TO EXPAND THE SCOPE
OF THE EXPANDED LOCKOUTS,
EXCUSE ME, LOCKOUT WE WERE.
PLACING A LOT OF DISTRICTS IN
AN AWKWARD POSITION.
IN SOME CASES 15 MINUTES BEFORE
THE END OF THE DAY TO GET THE
WORD OUT TO PARENTS.
I CAN SAY I PERSONALLY RECEIVED
A PHONE CALL THAT MY DAUGHTER
SCHOOL IN DENVER WAS IN LOCKOUT
AT 7:15 P.M., OR MORE THAN FOUR
HOURS AFTER SHE LEFT THE
SCHOOL.
SCHOOL.
SCHOOL. COMMUNICATION HAS PROVEN
DIFFICULT THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
>> AND AN UNUSUAL SITUATION,
CHRIS, EVEN IN THIS UNIVERSE
WHERE WE ARE VERY USED TO
THREATS LIKE THIS, ESPECIALLY
AROUND THE STATE ON THE CALENDAR
AND YOU HAVE A SITUATION WHERE
INVESTIGATORS ARE SAYING
THEY'RE NOT EVEN CERTAIN THAT
THEY CAN ARREST THIS WOMAN, BUT
THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER RED
FLAGS THAT GOT FOR BIT OF
SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENED,
EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD WOULD
ASK WHY DIDN'T SHE DO SOMETHING?
>> THE FBI SAID THEY WOULD LIKE
TO HOLD HER AS LONG AS THEY
POSSIBLY CAN, THAT IS A
GIVEAWAY RIGHT NOW THAT THEY
MAY NOT EXACTLY HAVE A CRIME ON
THEIR HANDS, BUT BECAUSE OF
THIS WEEK AND BECAUSE SHE
PURCHASED A SHOTGUN WITHIN THE
LAST 24 HOURS AND BECAUSE OF
THAT INFATUATION WITH
COLUMBINE, ALL OF THESE
SITUATIONS COME TOGETHER WHICH
LEAD TO THE SITUATION THAT WE
HAVE TONIGHT.
HAVE TONIGHT. >> SO PLEASE TAKE ANOTHER LOOK
AT SOL