US colleges grapple with surge in shooting hoax calls and swatting incidents
TL;DR
A series of false active shooter reports, known as swatting, have disrupted multiple college campuses across the U.S., causing lockdowns and police responses, with authorities warning about the dangers and increasing frequency of such hoaxes.
- A Spate of Fake Shooting Calls Disrupts College Campuses The New York Times
- FBI urges students to be vigilant amid wave of swatting hoaxes BBC
- What is swatting? Shooting hoaxes target campuses across US yahoo.com
- A wave of active shooter hoaxes at universities brings panic and turmoil to the start of the school year CNN
- Colleges across the country deal with shooting hoaxes as classes resume NBC News
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