Villanova University was the center of a major response effort after false reports of an active shooter on campus. Delaware County officials gave an update Friday morning with more details on how the events of the “cruel hoax" unfolded.

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.