The hoax comes three days after a fake active shooter alert sparked chaos on the Main Line campus, where students and parents were participating in orientation activities.

Police responded to a second false report of an active shooter at Pennsylvania's Villanova University on Sunday, a day for the start of the school's 2025-26 academic year.

For the second time in less than a week, Villanova University was the scene of an active shooter hoax report on Sunday, prompting police to clear buildings at the Pennsylvania campus before investigators determined the incident was not legitimate,