{"id":161914,"date":"2025-08-25T08:24:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T08:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/university-of-south-carolina-issues-all-clear-after-unconfirmed-reports-of-active-shooter-on-campus-abc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T08:24:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T08:24:00","slug":"university-of-south-carolina-issues-all-clear-after-unconfirmed-reports-of-active-shooter-on-campus-abc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/university-of-south-carolina-issues-all-clear-after-unconfirmed-reports-of-active-shooter-on-campus-abc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"University of South Carolina issues all clear after unconfirmed reports of active shooter on campus &#8211; ABC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"gtOSm FbbUW tUtYa vOCwz EQwFq yCufu eEak Qmvg nyTIa SRXVc vzLa jgBfc WXDas CiUCW kqbG zrdEG txGfn ygKVe BbezD UOtxr CVfpq xijV soGRS XgdC sEIlf daWqJ\">Just days after false reports of active shooters at two other schools.<\/span><br \/><span class=\"oyrPY qlwaB AGxeB\">COLUMBIA, S.C. &#8212; <\/span>The University of South Carolina gave the all-clear Sunday after issuing an alert about a possible active shooter, just days after <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE\" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/villanova-reported-shooting-campus-6de9876f4c8b698b13c2756f1619c300\">false reports<\/a> at Villanova University and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga led to panic and temporary lockdowns as the schools kicked off their fall semesters.<br \/>USC students were told to shelter in place while police investigated an unconfirmed report of an active shooter near the library. Officials later said there was no evidence of a shooter, and there were no reports of any shots being fired.<br \/>University spokesperson Jeff Stensland said there were two minor injuries related to the evacuation of the library building. <br \/>\u201cThere have been false gunfire reports at universities across the country in recent days and tonight&#x27;s incident remains under investigation,\u201d the school said in a statement. <br \/>Approximately 38,000 students attend the school in the heart of the city that\u2019s home to nearly 145,000 people.<br \/>In Pennsylvania on Thursday, someone called 911 reporting a shooter in a Villanova law school building with at least one wounded victim. Students received texts from the school\u2019s alert system, but the school\u2019s president later said it was a hoax.<br \/>That same day in Tennessee, the university locked down its campus, telling students: \u201cPossible active shooter in the University Center or Library. Run. Hide. Fight. More info forthcoming.\u201d The lockdown was lifted after multiple law enforcement agencies responded. School officials said there was no evidence of any threat.<br \/>24\/7 coverage of breaking news and live events<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just days after false reports of active shooters at two other schools.COLUMBIA, S.C. &#8212; The University of South Carolina gave the all-clear Sunday after issuing an alert about a possible active shooter, just days after false reports at Villanova University and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga led to panic and temporary lockdowns as the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":161915,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}