{"id":100315,"date":"2025-08-21T21:44:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T21:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/100315\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T21:44:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T21:44:07","slug":"active-shooter-reported-on-villanovas-campus-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/100315\/","title":{"rendered":"Active shooter reported on Villanova\u2019s campus \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Police are responding to a reported active shooter at Villanova University. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The Radnor Township Police Department confirmed the report of an active shooter and asked all nearby residents and students to shelter in place. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Radnor Township Police Department are on location at Villanova University for a repot of an active shooter. All nearby residents and students are asked to SHELTER IN PLACE AT this time. <\/p>\n<p>All further information will come from the Office of the Superintendent of Police. <\/p>\n<p>#308<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RadnorPD (@RadnorPD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RadnorPD\/status\/1958633376602361921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 21, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/local\/villanova-students-warned-of-active-shooter-on-campus\/4257685\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/local\/villanova-students-warned-of-active-shooter-on-campus\/4257685\/\">NBC News affiliate WCAU reports <\/a>that students received an alert around 4:30 p.m. that read \u201cACTIVE SHOOTER on VU campus. Move to secure location. Lock\/barricade doors. More info to follow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The university also asked students to avoid Scarpa Hall. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">No other information was immediately available. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92025 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are responding to a reported active shooter at Villanova University. 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