Villanova senior Ava Petrosky was part of a group singing at the ceremony when she saw people in the crowd begin to run.

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 ...

Prosecutors and the FBI are investigating what they now call an active shooting hoax at Villanova University in Pennsylvania.

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

"Mercifully, no one was injured, and we now know that it was a cruel hoax -- there was no active shooter, no injuries and no evidence of firearms present on campus," Villanova President Rev. Peter ...

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

The day after a false report of an active shooter roiled the Villanova University campus during freshman orientation, campus ...

Back to school (shootings): The apparent hoax came just hours after another active shooter was reported on the University of ...

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

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

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

The university president apologized to first-year students, saying “this is not the introduction to Villanova that I had ...