The Latest: Woman sought after lockdown at Colorado schools
LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) — The Latest on a lockdown at Columbine High School and other Denver area schools (all times local):
3:45 p.m.
Following a lockdown at Columbine High School and other Denver area schools, authorities say they are looking for a woman suspected of making threats.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI says 18-year-old Sol Pais traveled to Colorado on Monday night and made threats but they didn’t provide any details about the threats. They say she was last seen in the foothills west of Denver, where some of the schools put on lockdown are located.
They didn’t say where she traveled from.
Authorities said Pais is armed and considered extremely dangerous and should not be approached.
Doors were locked at Columbine and at least over 20 other schools in the Denver area as the sheriff’s office said it was investigating a possible threat against schools that was related to an FBI investigation.
Students were dismissed on time but after school activities were canceled at Columbine.
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2:55 p.m.
Students are leaving classes after tightened security at Columbine High School and over 20 other Denver-area high schools after a lockdown caused by a possible threat.
Students wearing backpacks came out the main door at Columbine on Tuesday afternoon, soon after school officials announced that students in all the schools put on lockdown were safe and would be dismissed at their normal times. The students walked to crosswalks and buses parked near the entrance.
Officials said after school activities will be held at all schools except Columbine, but didn’t explain why.
A spokesman for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Mike Taplin, said the lockdowns involved an FBI investigation but he couldn’t provide any details. The sheriff’s office previously said the lockdowns were prompted by an investigation into what appeared to be a credible threat possibly involving the schools
The lockdowns come just days before the 20th anniversary of a mass shooting at the school that killed 12 students and a teacher.
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2:30 p.m.
Authorities say tightened security at Columbine High School and about a dozen other Denver-area schools is related to an FBI investigation.
A spokesman for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Mike Taplin, said Tuesday’s school lockdowns involved an FBI investigation but he couldn’t provide any details. The sheriff’s office previously said the lockdowns were prompted by its investigation into what appears to be a credible threat possibly involving the schools
A message left for an FBI spokeswoman wasn’t immediately returned.
School officials say the doors were locked but classes were continuing at Columbine and two other nearby schools and at other schools farther away in the same district.
The lockdowns come just days before the 20th anniversary of a mass shooting at the school that killed 12 students and a teacher. There was no immediate indication whether there was any connection to the anniversary.
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1:40 p.m.
Columbine High School and about a dozen other schools are on lockdown as law enforcement says it is investigating what appears to be a credible threat possibly involving the schools.
School officials say the doors were locked but classes were continuing Tuesday at Columbine and two other nearby schools and at other schools farther away in the district.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were posted at the schools involved.
The lockdown comes just days before the 20th anniversary of a mass shooting at the school that killed 12 students and a teacher. There was no immediate indication whether Tuesday’s lockdown has any connection to the anniversary.
