“Mercifully, no one was injured, and we now know that it was a cruel hoax — there was no active shooter, no injuries, and no ...

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

The day after a false report of an active shooter roiled the Villanova University campus during freshman orientation, campus ...

It’s been just over 24 hours since what officials have called a “hoax” put Villanova University on lockdown. PREVIOUS COVERAGE | Active shooter alert at Villanova University was a hoax, result of ...

False reports of active shooters have led to panic and temporary lockdowns at Villanova University and the University of ...

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

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 ...

An unfounded active shooter report at Villanova University was a hoax that led to a large police response and a temporary ...

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

Back to school (shootings): The apparent hoax came just hours after another active shooter was reported on the University of ...