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| Police respond to active shooter alert at US university (VIDEOS) | Police respond to active shooter alert at US university (VIDEOS) |
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| SWAT teams cleared buildings at Villanova campus in Pennsylvania after a reported “hoax” | SWAT teams cleared buildings at Villanova campus in Pennsylvania after a reported “hoax” |
| Police cleared buildings at Villanova University in Pennsylvania on Thursday after receiving a report of an active shooter. | Police cleared buildings at Villanova University in Pennsylvania on Thursday after receiving a report of an active shooter. |
| SWAT teams arrived at Villanova, a private Catholic university in a suburb of Philadelphia, in the afternoon. | SWAT teams arrived at Villanova, a private Catholic university in a suburb of Philadelphia, in the afternoon. |
| Students and nearby residents were instructed to shelter in place, while those on campus were told to lock or barricade doors. | Students and nearby residents were instructed to shelter in place, while those on campus were told to lock or barricade doors. |
| Videos posted on social media show people leaving the area in panic, while multiple students said they had barricaded themselves inside rooms. | Videos posted on social media show people leaving the area in panic, while multiple students said they had barricaded themselves inside rooms. |
| It’s orientation day at Villanova. Now, SWAT is clearing campus buildings and students are sheltering in place after an active shooter alert.Video via @6abcpic.twitter.com/NRrkrPxRaw | It’s orientation day at Villanova. Now, SWAT is clearing campus buildings and students are sheltering in place after an active shooter alert.Video via @6abcpic.twitter.com/NRrkrPxRaw |
| Videos posted on social media showed people fleeing the area in panic, while multiple students said they had barricaded themselves inside rooms. | Videos posted on social media showed people fleeing the area in panic, while multiple students said they had barricaded themselves inside rooms. |
| Ah nothing more American than an active shooter during first week of school….scene at Villanova today during first year student mass pic.twitter.com/TkNXwPYGVx | Ah nothing more American than an active shooter during first week of school….scene at Villanova today during first year student mass pic.twitter.com/TkNXwPYGVx |
| Villanova President Peter Donohue later called the report of a shooter a “cruel hoax.” | Villanova President Peter Donohue later called the report of a shooter a “cruel hoax.” |
| “There was no active shooter, no injuries, and no evidence of firearms on campus,” he said in an emailed statement to the media. | “There was no active shooter, no injuries, and no evidence of firearms on campus,” he said in an emailed statement to the media. |
| The incident appears to be the second case of a swatting prank against a US college this week. On Tuesday, a shooting was falsely reported at Doane University in Nebraska, prompting a lockdown and police response. |