VILLANOVA, Pa. — Villanova University issued an active shooter incident warning via their NOVA Alert system Thursday afternoon. According to university officials, the warning was a false alarm triggered by a fraudulent, anonymous report of an active shooter at the Charles Widger School of Law.

FOX43 is monitoring the situation and will continue to update as more information becomes available.

Villanova President issues statement confirming authenticity of first email

8:15 p.m.

Rev. Peter Donohue, president of Villanova University, emailed the campus community Thursday evening to confirm that the email he sent earlier in the afternoon was authentic.

The full statement is included below:

"In an effort to send something quickly, I am hearing concern that the last message I sent about th

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