For the second time in less than a week, Villanova University was the scene of an active shooter hoax report on Sunday, prompting police to clear buildings at the Pennsylvania campus before investigators determined the incident was not legitimate, officials said.
The false call came in at around 11 a.m. and was directed at Austin Hall, a student dormitory on the campus in Radnor, Pa., a suburb of Philadelphia, authorities said.
“Law enforcement has confirmed the call to be false. Officers are working to clear the campus and restore normal operations,” the Radnor Police Department said in a social media post around 11:39 a.m. local time.
It was the second time in four days that Villanova had been targeted in what authorities described as a “swatting incident,” a fake report intended to prompt a large law enforcement response. On Thursday, Villanova University received a report of a possible shooter at its law school but the report was later determined to be a hoax after university officials issued an alert warning of an active shooter on campus.
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