Reports of active shooters on Thursday forced both the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Villanova University in Pennsylvania to briefly lock down their campuses before investigators learned they were false reports.

In Pennsylvania, Gov. Josh Shapiro said reports of an active shooter at Villanova was a result of a "cruel swatting incident," in which someone calls in a fake threat to induce panic and police response.

"Swatting is illegal," Shapiro said in a statement. "I've directed [Pennsylvania State Police] to work alongside their partners and use every tool at our disposal to find the person or people who called in this fake threat and hold them accountable."

"I know today was every parent's nightmare, and every student's biggest fear," he added. "I'm profoundly grateful n

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