“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.

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 ...

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

The emergency call to Villanova’s Department of Public Safety on Thursday included the sound of gunshots in the background, ...

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

The campus issued a warning to avoid the law school after receiving an anonymous report of an active shooter. After ...

An active shooter at Villanova University reported late afternoon Aug. 21 was a “cruel hoax,” a university official said less ...

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

False reports of active shooters at Villanova University and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Thursday led to ...