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

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 ...

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

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, ...

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

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

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 ...

Villanova University was the center of a major response effort after false 911 reports of an active shooter on campus.