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 ...

"Swatting" and other hoaxes have risen since 2011, especially at the nation's schools. Villanova's Aug. 21 active shooter ...

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

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 West Hartford family was at Villanova University outside Philadelphia for college drop off when what was supposed to be a ...

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 ...

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