"Mercifully, no one was injured, and we now know that it was a cruel hoax," Villanova President Rev. Peter Donohue said in a statement to the school community.

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

A report of an active shooter at Villanova University in Pennsylvania on Thursday turned out to be a "cruel hoax," according to the school president and the Delaware County district attorney.Villanova University sent out a report of an active shooter in the Charles Widger School of Law around 4:30 p.