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 ...

Upper Merion police confirmed they received a similar call Thursday, a few hours before the one at Villanova, for an alleged ...

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.

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

Late Thursday afternoon, police rushed to Villanova University over a report of an active shooter — later determined to be a ...

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

VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — Police responded Thursday to a report of an active shooter on the campus of Villanova University, days ...

An active shooter report at Villanova University in Pennsylvania on Thursday evening was "a cruel hoax," according to the ...

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

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

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