Fairfield Police Determine Fairfield University Threat Was a Hoax

Fairfield police investigated and later exposed as a “hoax” a tip from Stamford police that a woman planned to go to the Fairfield University campus Monday to “kill her kids,” according to the Fairfield Citizen.

The Citizen reports that Fairfield police determined that the call that was made to Stamford police was a hoax and Stamford police are investigating to determine the source of the call.

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The Fairfield University Department of Public Safety released the following statement on its Facebook page regarding Monday afternoon’s incident:

TO: University Community

This afternoon, Public Safety officers and the Fairfield Police responded to a medical/personal situation involving a family with a son enrolled at Fairfield Prep. Out of an abundance of caution, several police vehicles responded to the scene on campus. It was determined that no threat to the campus community existed and the matter is being handled by the police.

While there is no threat to the campus community, we are notifying the community of this matter because the response took place along Loyola Drive in a highly visible location on campus. Therefore, we want to be sure that those who saw the large police presence on campus or heard about it from others know that the situation did not involve a threat to the community and was quickly under control.