The University of South Carolina issued an “all clear” after the school warned of reports of an active shooter on campus Sunday evening.

Campus officials added there was no ongoing emergency.

Earlier in the evening, the school ordered students and staff on its Columbia campus to shelter in place, saying an active shooter had been reported near the Thomas Cooper Library.

The school said the library would remain closed, despite the fact that no shooting took place.

The University of South Carolina issued an “all clear” after reports of an active shooter on campus Sunday evening. (WACH)

An alert warning of a possible shooter on campus interrupted the annual freshman orientation mass where parents were saying goodbye to their kids.

Villanova President Peter Donohue later described the incident as a “cruel hoax.”

“There was no active shooter, no injuries and no evidence of firearms present on campus,” Donohue wrote in a statement to Fox News.