Mustang Public Schools addresses social media assault rifle raffle claim
MUSTANG, Okla. (KFOR) – Mustang Community Educational institutions officials resolved a post on social media regarding a university raffle allegedly offering absent an assault rifle amid the tragic university capturing in Texas.
The social media put up claimed that Mustang General public Colleges released a volleyball fundraiser, with the prize currently being an assault rifle, all around the time of the faculty taking pictures in Uvalde, Texas, that still left 19 elementary learners and two teachers lifeless.
Faculty district officers say the declare is not genuine.
Officials mentioned a community booster group began the fundraiser, not the district, and that the prize was by no means a firearm but rather a reward card to a local sporting merchandise keep. The fliers, even so, confirmed a rifle and described a gun raffle.
School officials say they contacted the boosters after the shooting in Uvalde and asked them to close the present card raffle fundraiser. The boosters agreed and instantly concluded the raffle.