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Florida Teen Who Threatened Colorado Schools Found Dead Of Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound

JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Sol Pais

Sol Pais, the 18-year-old Miami Beach High student who traveled to Colorado, bought a shotgun and threatened violence against schools, has died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said Wednesday.

The FBI had saidPais was “armed and dangerous” and believed to be somewhere in Colorado after making “credible” threats days before the 20th anniversary of the Columbine High massacre that ushered in the modern era of mass shootings at U.S. schools.

Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Shrader confirmed at an afternoon news conference that Pais was dead.

Read more from our news partner, The Miami Herald.

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