The Chilliwack School District is saying schools are safe on Monday, after a menacing photo made the rounds on social media Sunday evening.
It began on SnapChat with photo of a gun including the caption: B次元官网网址淒onB次元官网网址檛 come to school tomorrow.B次元官网网址
Alarmed students on the social media platform took screenshots of the image, and shared them with each other and their parents.
Many of them have told Black Press Media they called the RCMP. Several said they would not be sending their children to school the next day.
Soon, the image was being shared openly on Facebook. By midnight, a senior staffer with the Chilliwack School District posted to a Facebook page called Chilliwack Beware Crime & Safety.
B次元官网网址淭his evening, there was a concerning social media post discussed in detail on this forum,B次元官网网址 Kirk Savage wrote.
B次元官网网址淭he RCMP have identified and interviewed the author of the post. School district personnel have had direct contact with the RCMP, and they have confirmed that at this time we have no reason to believe that any of our schools are in danger.B次元官网网址
Savage did not confirm which school the person who posted was connected with. However, parents at both Chilliwack middle school and Chilliwack secondary have received emails on the matter.
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