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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The Bullard High School Boys Varsity Basketball squad is moving to propulsion guardant aft their fireworks basal was burglarized overnight.
Their stand, located successful the parking batch disconnected Herndon and Marks, was the people of a astir $40,000 theft.
The squad conscionable opened their yearly fireworks basal connected Monday. Overnight, astir 50% worthy of the inventory was stolen.
"It was beauteous devastating," said Varsity Boys' Basketball Assistant Coach Paul Kariuki.
For the past 8 years, the fireworks basal has been their largest fundraising event, thing the squad heavy relies connected to support the programme running.
"Travel passim the year, things we whitethorn need, whether it beryllium basketballs, uniforms," Kariuki said.
Each year, they tin marque astir $90,000. After paying backmost the fireworks company, they support $30,000 successful profits. What they thought was going to beryllium different palmy twelvemonth took a crisp crook erstwhile they opened store Tuesday morning.
"Somebody broke into our small happening wherever we clasp the fireworks, and they stole a batch of wealth worthy of fireworks," said Bullard Senior Sean Smith-Sharkey.
The moms of the Varsity Boys Basketball squad told YourCentralValley that the thief chopped 2 retired of the 3 locks.
"This happening was filled to the top, connected some sides, each the mode around," said 1 of the moms.
They are present moving with the Fresno Police Department to find the suspect. Police judge the burglary happened conscionable earlier 5 a.m.
The fireworks basal volition stay unfastened each time until July 4, from 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
"We're resilient, we'll ever beryllium resilient. You know, that's what radical accidental astir us. So, you know, we're going to instrumentality it out. You know, we've been retired present successful the blistery sun. You know, we effort to conscionable get radical to travel through. You know, we're retired determination with the signs each day," Smith-Sharkey added.
Kariuki has a connection for the idiosyncratic who stole from their organization.
"Don't bash it to anybody else. You know, this is, again, a large stroke to our community, our boys, but don't devastate immoderate different teams," helium said.
The squad hopes to interruption even. They inactive person to wage backmost the fireworks institution for the merchandise they are selling. To assistance the squad interruption even, radical tin donate to their GoFundMe by clicking here.
