Swatting isn’t a prank. It’s a technology-enabled form of harassment that weaponizes 911 to terrorize targets, traumatize ...

Thankfully, the only casualties from a report of an active shooter on the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville campus Monday appeared by late afternoon to be classes disrupted, nerves shattered and ...

Villanova University faced a false active shooter alert on Thursday, followed by several more calls, with some featuring ...

Often referred to as “swatting calls,” the false reports are intended to activate a large law enforcement response.

After Villanova University President Rev. Peter Donohue called Thursday's hoax "cruel," another active shooter hoax was ...

US universities, including Villanova, Arkansas, and Tennessee-Chattanooga, were hit by fake active shooter calls this week, ...

False reports of active shooters were made at universities across the country in the days leading up to the report at the ...

A since-deleted message board post on Tigernet.com falsely claimed he had been injured in a serious car accident. The fake ...

A text alert was sent to students Monday afternoon saying there was an active shooter reported. As of 1:48 p.m. local time, Nexstar’s KNWA reports that police had not found any evidence of a shooter, ...

At least a half-dozen universities across the nation on Monday welcomed students to first-day-of-fall classes with ...

False reports of active shooters have led to panic and temporary lockdowns at Villanova University and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga ...

A terrifying text message sent students running for cover, barricading themselves in bathrooms and knocking over chairs in the frantic rush to hide from the active shooter reported on their university ...