Universities Confront Rise in Hoax Active Shooter Threats
TL;DR
Several universities across the U.S. experienced hoax reports of active shooters at the start of the fall semester, which were later confirmed to be false or swatting calls, prompting police responses and campus alerts.
- Colleges across the country deal with shooting hoaxes as classes resume NBC News
- UW-Madison police thwart a false active shooter alert Channel 3000
- Swatting mayhem: Universities scrambling to respond to hoax active shooter reports USA Today
- 'No credible threat': False active shooter reports disrupt first day of classes at Iowa State KCCI
- Police find ‘no credible threat’ after receiving reports of active shooter on Iowa State campus KCRG
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