Police are warning teenagers about the popular ‘assassin’ water gun game.’
The Gilbert Police Department warned teens about the dangers of the game after the dispatch center received a call of a subject running through the parking lot of local businesses with a gun.
A responding officer in the vicinity of the incident located two teens, one who had what appeared to be a white firearm in his possession.
According to the Department, “The teens immediately advised our officer the gun in question was a water gun and they were playing a game known as “assassin,” a game being played by teens across the country that centers around eliminating other students from the game throughout the school year by spraying them with the water gun.
The Department says this latest incident is one of several similar calls reported in recent months.
The water gun in question was designed to look like a real firearm.
The Department is asking the community “to please help us in sharing the risks associated with kids playing with realistic toy water guns which can be perceived by our officers or the public as a threat.”