At approximately 11:30 a.m. today, an alarm was triggered at UT Health East Texas Olympic Plaza in Tyler reporting a potential active shooter. UT Health East Texas Security and the Tyler Police Department responded immediately, and the campus was placed on lockdown while authorities conducted a thorough investigation.

A false alert about an active shooter at Hudson Yards caused a brief but ‘heart pumping’ panic on Wednesday afternoon before it was confirmed to be a mistake.

It turned out to be a hoax, but students and their families were terrified last month after callers reported an active shooter on the USC campus.

A heavy police response at the Hampton Inn in Seneca Falls Friday morning turned out to be a false alarm. Police say the report of an active shooter with multiple victims, called in just after 7:30 a.

The University of South Carolina has given the all-clear after issuing an alert about a possible active shooter near a library on the main Columbia campus

The "all clear" was given by law enforcement at about 5:31 p.m. after a possible active shooter was reported on the University of Texas Health at San Antonio campus. The original alert went out on Wednesday, September 10 at 4:59 p.m.

Campus safety officials must balance rapid response with threat verification to protect students while preventing false alarms that strain resources and traumatize communities. hoax active shooter reports,

Students on the University of South Carolina's Columbia campus experienced an active shooter scare on Sunday evening, but no threat was found and no shooting took place.

A false report of a shooting at the 4700 block of Valley View Boulevard NW on Monday triggered a massive police response and left shoppers on edge.

The University of Tennessee Police Department was prepared when the call came in, using active intelligence to quickly determine if it was a hoax.

A t least two students were shot at Evergreen High School on Wednesday, the Jeffco Sheriff's office confirmed. They stated that the students were being sent to a hospital and there would be a media staging at Evergreen Lake. The school in the Denver metro area is located at 29300 Buffalo Park Rd. in Evergreen, 28 miles southwest of Denver.