A false active shooter threat at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis Thursday led to real-life gunfire when a sheltering midshipman was shot by an officer following a confrontation that stemmed from an ...

A false alert about an active shooter at the office- and tourist-heavy Hudson Yards caused a brief but “heart pumping” panic Wednesday afternoon before it was confirmed to be a mistake. The alert was ...

(FOUNTAIN, Colo.) — A large police response in Fountain on Friday, Sept. 12 for a rumored active shooter turned out to be a miscommunication, according to the Fountain Police Department (FPD). FPD ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Texas — An SMU alert Friday that warned of an active shooter on campus was just a test of the university's emergency notification system and there was no danger on campus, the school ...

FARGO — The recent Minneapolis shooting is a reminder that active shooter incidents can happen anywhere, from schools and grocery stores to churches and streets. While calls about “shots fired” are ...

A recent swatting incident at the University of South Carolina, where reports of an active shooter on campus that turned out to be a hoax, was the work of “an online gore-seeking group,” according to ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson blames an online “gore-seeking group” for last month’s active shooter hoax at the University of South Carolina’s Columbia campus.

The "all clear" was given by law enforcement at about 5:31 p.m. after a possible active shooter was reported on the University of Texas Health at San Antonio campus. The original alert went out on ...

Over the past two weeks, more than a dozen U.S. universities, including Villanova, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of Arkansas, University of Colorado Boulder, University of South ...