{"id":503571,"date":"2026-10-22T01:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T01:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/503571\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T01:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T01:10:07","slug":"fresno-state-dispels-rumors-of-on-campus-firearms-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/503571\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno State dispels rumors of on-campus firearms threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fresno State authorities are setting the record straight following speculation about a potential on-campus threat Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>In an alert to the campus community, the Fresno State Police Department said it was aware of rumors regarding a possible active shooter on the campus. After investigation, however, it was determined that the claims were unfounded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe understand that reports of this nature can cause concern and anxiety, and we want to reassure our campus community that we take all potential threats seriously,\u201d the department said in its statement.<\/p>\n<p>Police responded to reports of a possible on-campus shooter around 10:45 a.m., according to 911 dispatch audio archived on the Citizen app.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate communication, a spokesperson for the Fresno State Police Department told The Bee that no arrests were made in connection to the report.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/307508201\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792631407_970_IMG_1844 (3).jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Nick Fenley\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/307508201\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Fenley<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Nick Fenley is a reporter covering education, lawsuits, breaking news and more for The Fresno Bee. He\u2019s originally from the Imperial Valley and joined The Bee in 2025.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fresno State authorities are setting the record straight following speculation about a potential on-campus threat Wednesday morning. In&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503572,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-503571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}