{"id":39456,"date":"2023-04-10T00:31:52","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T04:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?p=39456"},"modified":"2023-04-10T00:40:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T04:40:59","slug":"lockdown-at-university-of-oklahoma-was-caused-by-fake-911-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/lockdown-at-university-of-oklahoma-was-caused-by-fake-911-calls\/","title":{"rendered":"Lockdown at University of Oklahoma was caused by fake 911 calls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The lockdown at the University of Oklahoma&#8217;s Norman campus on Friday was caused by fake 911 calls which originated from outside the U.S., officials said on Sunday night as three more schools were targeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident <a href=\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/university-of-oklahoma-shooting-possible-hoax\/\">happened at about 9:24 p.m. on Friday<\/a> when 911 received several calls reporting an active shooter on campus, near the South Oval and Bizzell Memorial Library. The campus was put on lockdown within 1 minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Officers immediately responded to the area, and after conducting a thorough search, did not find any evidence of a shooting or criminal activity,&#8221; University President Joseph Harroz, Jr. said in an email to students on Sunday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harroz said the university, with the assistance of the FBI, has since confirmed that the calls were an incident of &#8220;swatting,&#8221; which is when someone calls 911 and reports false information to draw armed police to a certain location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Although the investigation will continue for some time, it is believed that the calls targeting our campus originated from outside of the United States,&#8221; Harroz said. &#8220;It is deeply troubling that there are people who want to purposely inflict such trauma and chaos.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s unknown who was behind the swatting calls or what may have motivated them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three more schools were the target of swatting incidents on Sunday night, including Boston University in Massachusetts, Wake Forest University in North Carolina and Middlebury College in Vermont. 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