Active Shooter Alert on Villanova University’s Campus was a Cruel Hoax
The Rich Zeoli Show
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🗓️ 22 August 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The Rich Zioly Show podcast is sponsored by Mike Vaneria Jr. with Osperity Private Wealth. |
| 0:05.4 | Hi, I'm Mike Vaneria Jr., wealth management specialists. |
| 0:08.2 | Make your retirement dreams a reality by creating your retirement plan today. |
| 0:11.7 | Call me at 856-252-0107. |
| 0:15.8 | And the breaking news is that there is an active shooter alert at Villanova. No reported victims at this time, |
| 0:23.6 | it's at the school's law school. No reported victims at this time. They don't have anyone in custody, |
| 0:29.9 | but there is an ongoing active shooter alert and an ongoing shelter in place order at the campus with a heavy police presence ongoing right now. |
| 0:41.1 | That's what we know at the moment. |
| 0:44.0 | But they don't have any, thank God, any victims or anything like that. |
| 0:50.2 | So we'll keep you posted as we go through this. |
| 0:54.3 | And lots of breaking news as the students are sheltering in place here. That's the kind of |
| 0:58.6 | the local one. Let's see here now. Apparently, the latest on this coming out, at least |
| 1:08.3 | according to our friends of crossing broad, is that, |
| 1:11.9 | and we don't know if this is true or not, but crossing broad saying that the Reverend Peter |
| 1:18.4 | Donahue is saying that this is a cruel hoax. Now, have we confirmed that? Fox 29 is actually |
| 1:25.3 | reading the same email right now and basically saying the same thing that they don't have confirmation just yet, but the email is making the rounds on social media. |
| 1:34.0 | So here's what the email is, dear members of the Villanova community, today as we are celebrating orientation mass to welcome our newest Villanovin's and their families to our community. |
| 1:43.8 | Panic and terror ensued with the news of a possible shooter at the law school. |
| 1:48.1 | Mercifully, no one was injured and we know that it was a cruel hoax. |
| 1:52.1 | There was no active shooter, no injuries, and no evidence of firearms present on campus. |
| 1:57.2 | While that is a blessing and relief. |
| 2:04.3 | I know today's events have shaken our entire community. |
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