Active shooter hoax was a ‘swatting’ incident, Shapiro says
Thursday’s active shooter hoax at Villanova University was the result of a “swatting” incident, in which “someone calls in a fake threat to induce panic,” Gov. Josh Shapiro said.
“Swatting is illegal,” Shapiro said in a statement on social media. “I’ve directed [Pennsylvania State Police] to work alongside their partners and use every tool at our disposal to find the person or people who called in this fake threat and hold them accountable.”
A Villanova spokesperson said that the school’s Department of Public Safety received an anonymous report of an active shooter on campus, and after a search, determined it was a hoax. Reports initially indicated there was an active shooter in Scarpa Hall with an automatic rifle, said David Tedjeske, associate vice president of public safety and chief of Villanova’s police.
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