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Over the years, the Columbine school shooting has proven to be a source of great fascination to millions around the world.

Sadly, for some, it has proven to be more than a fascination, like Grant Acord, arrested in 2013 after planning a copycat attack.

Most famously, Adam Lanza, the man behind the Sandy Hook school shooting in 2012, was obsessed with Columbine, saying he had dreams about the murders carried out by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold.

Because of attacks and plots like these, law enforcement is always on high alert around the anniversary of the attack (April 20), and that was particularly true of last year’s 20th anniversary.

Last year saw a massive manhunt take place, with an 18-year-old named Sol Pais sending much of the United States into a panic.

The basics below from VICE News:

Without telling anyone her plans, Pais had flown from her home in Miami to Denver, where she bought a shotgun and then disappeared. When the FBI learned about her obsession with Columbine, it launched a manhunt involving more than 20 federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.

Hundreds of schools closed, affecting more than 500,000 students. Pais’s picture was all over the news, which described her as “armed and dangerous.”

All of it — the manhunt, the school closures, the wall-to-wall coverage on local and national TV — was for naught. Law enforcement and the media had fundamentally misunderstood the story of Sol Pais…

As part of their third and final episode of UNSAFE: Learning from America’s School Shootings, VICE News took a closer look at Pais’ story, and what led her to become so obsessed with Columbine.

[source:vice]