Students at Villanova University were alerted to reports of an active shooter situation on campus today. Officials later said the report of a shooting at the law school was a hoax. The reported active shooter incident on Villanova’s campus today was a “cruel hoax,” said the university’s president, the Rev. Peter M. Donohue.

Update: A report of a shooter on Villanova University’s campus was a “cruel hoax,” the school’s president said Thursday evening.

False reports of active shooters have led to panic and temporary lockdowns at Villanova University and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.