Nearly two dozen colleges have reported fake active shooter calls in recent weeks, with 10 such incidents reported last Thursday.
The FBI said in an email that it is working with “multiple agencies” to share information about an uptick in hoaxes but it has no evidence of a “specific and credible threat” to target universities systematically.
Between April 4 and 9, authorities responded to swatting calls at Clemson University, the University of Florida, Boston University, Harvard University, Cornell University, the University of Pittsburgh, Rutgers University, Oklahoma University, Wake Forest University and Middlebury College. The college hoaxes come amid growing numbers of K-12 schools reporting shooting hoaxes nationwide. They also follow fake bomb threats reported at several historically Black colleges and universities last year.
In an April 9 call reporting the fake shooting in Boston, the caller incorrectly identified the school as “the University of Boston.”
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