Auburn University Issues False Active Shooter Alert, Apologizes for Panic

Imagine your school's alarm system went off by mistake, like when your smoke detector beeps for no reason.

That's kind of what happened at Auburn University.

They accidentally sent out a message that said there was an active shooter, which means someone dangerous was on campus.

This scared many students and teachers.

But very quickly, the university said, 'Oops, our mistake!'

They explained it was a computer problem that caused the alarm to go off when there was no danger at all.

They apologized for causing worry and said they are fixing the system so it doesn't happen again.

Everyone is safe, and things are back to normal now.