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U of U investigating apparent swatting incident

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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 18, 2026 (Gephardt Daily) — The University of Utah issued an Active Campus Alert Friday morning after multiple threatening emails were sent overnight to campus offices. U of U police now believe the emails were part of a swatting incident.

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