NEW: Active shooter reported at Villanova University during the school’s first-year student mass, according to the New York Post.

NEW: Active shooter reported at Villanova University during the school’s first-year student mass, according to the New York Post. Students were told to lock and barricade doors. "Radnor police dispatch have confirmed an active shooter situation on Villanova University's campus," NBC reported. "The alert came during an opening mass ceremony as 1,800 students move in to begin a new school year."

 

NEW: Active shooter reported at Villanova University during the school’s first-year student mass, according to the New York Post.

Students were told to lock and barricade doors.

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