Manhunt launched for woman 'infatuated' with Columbine shooting
Columbine - Denver-area schools were closed on Wednesday as authorities searched for a woman they said was a "credible threat" to the community, a scare that comes just days before the 20th anniversary of one of the country's deadliest school shootings at Columbine High School.
"Because of her comments and her actions, because of her travel here to the state, because of her procurement of a weapon immediately upon arriving here," he said, "we consider her to be a credible threat - certainly to the community and, potentially, to schools." In addition to Denver Public Schools, which serves nearly 100 000 students across roughly 200 schools, numerous other school districts said they would not open on Wednesday as a precaution.
On Tuesday, law enforcement said students would remain in school through the day. Extra precautions were taken at schools near Columbine, where sheriff's deputies were on hand. After-school activities and sports practices also continued as scheduled - except at Columbine, where they were canceled for the day, the school said.
The 20th anniversary of the shooting at Columbine is Saturday. As the district prepares for the day's memorial events, it is fending off an onslaught of curious strangers who trespass in the school's parking lot - sometimes more than 30 people in a day. Some say they just want to pay their respects, but others claim they are in love with the shooters - or sometimes that they have been reincarnated with the shooters' souls.
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