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Villanova University issues active shooter alert amid orientation event
Fox ^ | 08/21/2025 | Alexandra Koch

Posted on 08/21/2025 2:36:41 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen

Villanova University reported an active shooter alert through its Nova Alert system on Thursday, urging students and staff to lock and barricade doors.

The university said to move to a secure location and stay clear of Law School Scarpa Hall.

The Radnor Township Police Department said it is at the scene and asked all nearby residents and students to shelter in place.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: banglist; education; villanova; villanovauniversity

1 posted on 08/21/2025 2:36:41 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
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To: Kid Shelleen

My Dad went to Law School there


2 posted on 08/21/2025 2:39:25 PM PDT by cowboyusa ( YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: Kid Shelleen

I’m following live on YouTube …….


3 posted on 08/21/2025 2:39:48 PM PDT by telescope115 (Ad Astra, Ad Deum…)
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To: Kid Shelleen

Per Twitter, one person shot and injured.


4 posted on 08/21/2025 2:43:27 PM PDT by telescope115 (Ad Astra, Ad Deum…)
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To: Kid Shelleen

Beginning in 2018 companies have sold elementary school and older students “bulletproof backpacks”. So some kids starting college or law school may have had them in their growing up years. Body Armor News cautions that they protect against handgun rounds but not against all types of others.

Here’s a gift idea:

“The Rapid Deploy Bulletproof Backpack is a versatile solution tailored for professionals who prioritize preparedness. It seamlessly transitions from a backpack to a bulletproof vest, featuring customizable panels to suit any body type.”


5 posted on 08/21/2025 2:48:38 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: frank ballenger

It angers me that we have to purchase these for school children.


6 posted on 08/21/2025 2:56:15 PM PDT by telescope115 (Ad Astra, Ad Deum…)
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To: telescope115

RE: It angers me that we have to purchase these for school children.

When this story came out in 2018 a woman at my office with a 6 year old son was almost in tears and said “We’ve come to this? When they’re supposed to have their only carefree years? This is terrible.”


7 posted on 08/21/2025 3:03:23 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: frank ballenger

Yes indeed.


8 posted on 08/21/2025 3:07:28 PM PDT by telescope115 (Ad Astra, Ad Deum…)
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To: frank ballenger

6 ABC days that the University President says it is a Hoax.


9 posted on 08/21/2025 3:11:24 PM PDT by cowboyusa ( YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: frank ballenger

Hoaxers should get 20 years in Prision


10 posted on 08/21/2025 3:13:12 PM PDT by cowboyusa ( YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: cowboyusa

Yup.


11 posted on 08/21/2025 3:19:56 PM PDT by telescope115 (Ad Astra, Ad Deum…)
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To: cowboyusa
Yup...


12 posted on 08/21/2025 3:23:45 PM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: cowboyusa

Look up “shooting at Villanova University”...

All the news channels are saying it is true...


13 posted on 08/21/2025 3:26:22 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: Kid Shelleen

“Villanova University reported an active shooter alert through its Nova Alert system on Thursday, urging students and staff to lock and barricade doors.” Are you shittin me, why didn’t somebody lock and load?


14 posted on 08/21/2025 3:26:57 PM PDT by kawhill ("Will time say nothing but I told you so?" Auden)
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To: JBW1949

No, University President said it was a hoax. Reported on Local News here.


15 posted on 08/21/2025 3:41:06 PM PDT by cowboyusa ( YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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MORE - Read the full statement from Villanova University President Rev. Peter M. Donohue pic.twitter.com/ZrsKEF4W0K— Overton (@overton_news) August 21, 2025


16 posted on 08/21/2025 3:42:42 PM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: cowboyusa

Gotcha...Thanks...


17 posted on 08/21/2025 3:48:57 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: fatima; Fresh Wind; st.eqed; xsmommy; House Atreides; Nowhere Man; PaulZe; brityank; Physicist; ...

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Active-shooter report was ‘cruel hoax’ on move-in day: Villanova president

18 posted on 08/21/2025 5:19:51 PM PDT by lightman (Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zweimal they did already!)
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To: Kid Shelleen

It is false.


19 posted on 08/21/2025 6:36:40 PM PDT by mfish13 (Elections have Consequences.)
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