An active shooter was reported at Villanova University on Thursday afternoon, sparking pandemonium as new students were on campus for first-year orientation.
Students and visitors, including many families helping their children move in, were directed to shelter in place, according to the Radnor Township Police Department.
An alert from the university ordered everyone to stay away from the Law School Scarpa Hall.
Alarming video posted to X shows frantic students and families running for their lives and toppling over chairs during an outdoor mass that was being held to welcome the new students.
shooting during villanova university first year student mass pic.twitter.com/qNEi8pq9uG
— Liam Zieg (@liamzieg) August 21, 2025
shooting at villanova university, we are hiding and locked down in a utility closet…. an HR rep just came to clarify the situation pic.twitter.com/Ukw42WEHg3
— Liam Zieg (@liamzieg) August 21, 2025
A representative with the university told a group that preliminary reports indicated there may have been shots fired in the law school’s library, according to a video recorded by a person on campus.
Thursday was the first day of new student orientation, according to the university calendar.
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