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Posted on 08/21/2025 6:04:52 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The announcement came after students and people in the area were alerted to shelter in place and barricade doors.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said reports Thursday of an active shooter on the campus of Villanova University was a result of a "cruel swatting incident," in which someone calls in a fake threat to induce panic and police response.
"Swatting is illegal," Shapiro said in a statement. "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."
"I know today was every parent's nightmare, and every student's biggest fear," he added. "I'm profoundly grateful no one was hurt, and thankful to all members of law enforcement who ran towards reports of danger to keep Pennsylvania safe."
The announcement comes after students and people in the area were urged to shelter in place and lock and barricade all doors as police investigated. Additional reports advised the public to stay away from the law school and video shared on social media showed crowds of people being rushed into buildings.
Villanova University — located about 15 miles outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — is a private Catholic University that got heightened attention earlier this year, as it's the college Pope Leo XIV attended. New student orientation reportedly began earlier on Thursday and classes for the fall semester are scheduled to start on Monday.
"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,” Villanova President Rev. Peter M. Donohue said in a statement obtained by The Associated Press. “Mercifully, no one was injured and we now know it was a cruel hoax.”
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Swatting? ! Never heard of it….
Anyone who engages in swatting should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
It’s where prank calls end up with swat teams visiting unfortunate victims and in some cases killing them.
Swatting has heard of you. 🤡
Yeah a SWAT team could break down your door at any second and if you reach for anything they’ll shoot first and question you later.
Swatters should get two broken knees, and a broken hand for the first offense.
At a minimum, it’s attempted murder unless someone is actually killed.
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People who call in SWATTER teams should be arrested and charged.
as well as testicles smashed by veeeery slowly tightening in a vice!
Swatting and Hoaxing should both carry a sentence of double what the original charge would have been to the victims.
That would discourage it from happening.
No they should be executed. It is attempted murder most evil.
Shapiro would impress me for once if he announced he was going to make an example of this clown, but given that swatting seems to be a weapon of the left I doubt he will..
Practice run?
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