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Police in Radnor Township announced Sunday morning that they responded to a second false report of an active shooter at Villanova University in less than a week.
At about 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, the Radner Township Police Department posted on social media that officers responded to a report of an active shooter at Austin Hall at Villanova University.
That report, officials said, was false — just as the incident on Thursday, last week, was a hoax.
During a morning mass at the school, parishioners were briefly told to stay in the St. Thomas of Villanova Church as officials waited for an “all-clear” as police initially investigated the incident.
Officials said they were working to “clear the campus and restore normal operations” shortly after determining the incident was false.
An investigation into this incident, officials said, is ongoing.
Last week, police flocked to the university after a report of an active shooter at the school’s Scarpa Hall.
After about an hour or two of tense response, officials determined that incident was nothing more than a “cruel hoax.”
This is a breaking news story. It will be updated as new information becomes available.
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Hayden Mitman
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