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

A report of an active shooter at Villanova turned out to be a "cruel hoax," according to the university president and ...

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

The university, which enrolls nearly 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students, declined to make leaders available for ...

At many levels across America, such hoaxes have been plaguing the nation for years, including at schools, grocery stores, ...

Radnor Township Police Department are on location at Villanova University for a repot of an active shooter. All nearby ...

Investigators are working to determine the identity of the person who made a fake report of an active shooter at Villanova ...

Students and staff at Villanova University were urged to lock doors after an active shooter alert was reported during Class of 2029 orientation. The incident was ruled a hoax.

"Mercifully, no one was injured, and we now know that it was a cruel hoax," Villanova President Rev. Peter Donohue said in a statement to the school community.

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

Villanova University was the center of a major response effort after false reports of an active shooter on campus. Delaware ...