[Breaking news update, published at 6:20 p.m. ET]
An active shooter report on the campus of Villanova University was a “cruel hoax,” the university’s president said in a message to students.
“Mercifully, no one was injured, and we now know that it was a cruel hoax – there was no active shooter, no injuries and no evidence of firearms present on campus,” Peter M. Donohue said.
[Original story, published at 6:05 p.m. ET]
Police are responding to a report of an active shooter at Villanova University in Pennsylvania, according to a post by the Radnor Township Police Department on its Facebook page.
