Villanova senior Ava Petrosky was part of a group singing at the ceremony when she saw people in the crowd begin to run.

Students at Villanova University were alerted to reports of an active shooter situation on campus today. Officials later said ...

A report of a shooter on Villanova University’s campus was a “cruel hoax,” the school’s president said Thursday.

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Villanova University students and families were put on high alert as an active shooter warning ended up being a hoax, ...

No active shooter on campus despite report "a blessing and relief," but "I know that today's events have shaken our entire ...

Villanova University, Pennsylvania and The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga issued false active shooter reports which ...

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said he has directed local police to find the person responsible for the fake threat and ...

In a letter to students and families, Peter M. Donohue, president of Villanova University, called the incident "a cruel hoax.

Such false emergency calls are known as "swatting," or calling in a large law enforcement response to a non-existent crisis. On the same day, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga was also ...

Students shared a text from the Villanova alert system that told them to lock and barricade doors and move to secure ...