False Shooting Report at WVU Was Part of Nationwide Hoax Trend

WVU hit with hoax 'swatting' call reporting active shooter - Dominion Post

MORGANTOWN — A little after 7:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, a call came in to MECCA 911 dispatch reporting gunshots on West Virginia University’s downtown campus. At 7:43 […] The post WVU hit with hoax ‘swatting’ call reporting active shooter appeared first on Dominion Post.

False shooting report at West Virginia University was part of nationwide hoax trend

False shooting report at WVU was part of nationwide hoax trend

No evidence of active shooter on West Virginia University campus, report deemed hoax by officials

West Virginia University Police responded to a false report of shots fired at the Downtown Library on the school's Morgantown Campus Tuesday. The university joins a growing list of schools that have had false reports.

Report of shots fired at WVU deemed hoax

West Virginia University Police responded Tuesday morning to a false report of shots fired.

False shots fired call reported on WVU campus

West Virginia University was the focus of an apparent hoax active shooter call Tuesday, deputies said.The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office said it and other a