Often referred to as “swatting calls,” the false reports are intended to activate a large law enforcement response.

An active shooter scare at South Carolina’s flagship university over the weekend was a swatting hoax, University of South ...

The University of South Carolina on Sunday was the victim of a swatting call that reported a false active shooter at Thomas ...

STUDENTS AT USC ARE PROCESSING THE AFTERMATH OF THAT FAKE CALL ABOUT AN ACTIVE SHOOTER. JUST WEEKS INTO THE START OF THE NEW ...

Thankfully, the only casualties from a report of an active shooter on the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville campus Monday appeared by late afternoon to be classes disrupted, nerves shattered and ...

The University of South Carolina has given the all clear and students no longer need to shelter in place. “There is no ...

"You're really powerless. It definitely felt powerless to be sitting there, barricaded and you have no idea where your ...

On Sunday, students at the University of South Carolina in Columbia got an alert of an active shooter on campus.

The University of South Carolina says there was no evidence of a shooting after a call caused a shelter-in-place order Sunday ...

Videos of the USC student carrying an umbrella, which some mistook for a gun, were shared online, including by a candidate ...

A Belton man is facing charges after a search warrant ended with buckets of drugs being found in the woods behind a home, according to the Anderson County Sheriff's Office.