‘Cruel Hoax’: Active Shooter Story A False Alarm, Police Say

1 sourceUpdated Jul 2, 2026

Authorities responded to reports of an active shooter at Villanova University Thursday afternoon, prompting immediate lockdown orders across the campus and surrounding areas, but officials later confirmed it was a false…

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