Overview

• Villanova issued a NOVA Alert around 4:30 p.m. ET directing people to secure locations and to avoid the law school’s Scarpa Hall.
• Radnor Township Police, Villanova Public Safety and state and federal partners locked down the campus and conducted building-by-building searches.
• University officials later said the incident was resolved with no injuries and no evidence of firearms, and the campus was cleared.
• President Rev. Peter M. Donohue called the report a “cruel hoax,” and Gov. Josh Shapiro labeled it a swatting incident and directed state police to investigate.
• The scare coincided with orientation events, prompting mass sheltering and confusion as early claims of victims were refuted by police.