Often referred to as “swatting calls,” the false reports are intended to activate a large law enforcement response.

University of South Carolina on Aug. 24. And Northern Arizona University received a report of a person with a gun at Cline Library on the Flagstaff mountain campus. Although they turned ...

A terrifying text message sent students running for cover, barricading themselves in bathrooms and knocking over chairs in ...

Mace faced backlash after circulating an image of a man she wrongly described as an “alleged shooter” during a false alarm ...

An active shooter scare at South Carolina’s flagship university over the weekend was a swatting hoax, University of South ...

It was the latest in a string of false reports about gunfire or armed people directed at several universities in recent days ...

An active shooter was reported at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville campus Monday, according to a university alert system, but local police said there is no evidence that a shooting occurred.

Columnist Issac J. Bailey criticizes U.S. Rep Nancy Mace for irresponsible tweeting during an active shooter hoax at USC Sunday night.

The University of South Carolina has given the all clear and students no longer need to shelter in place. “There is no ...

An active shooter was reported at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville campus Monday, according to a university alert ...

False reports of active shooters were made at universities across the country in the days leading up to the report at the ...

"You're really powerless. It definitely felt powerless to be sitting there, barricaded and you have no idea where your ...