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Students Flee During False Active Shooter Alarm at Villanova University
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2:17Now PlayingThe active shooting reported at Villanova University on Thursday afternoon that sparked pandemonium during new student move-in was a “cruel hoax,” the school’s president said in a statement to the campus community.
Students and visitors, including many families helping their children get settled, had been directed to shelter in place following what turned out to be a false alarm, according to the Radnor Township Police Department.
An alert from the university ordered everyone to stay away from the Law School Scarpa Hall, located on the West Campus near nine residence halls and a dining hall, according to a campus map.
“Today, as we are celebrating Orientation Mass to welcome our newest Villanovans and their families to our community, panic and terror ensued with the news of a possible shooter at the Law School,” University President Rev. Peter Donohue wrote.
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