Police in Orange County have issued a warning about a game called “senior assassin” in which high school students shoot one another with water guns and gel blasters that can sometimes resemble real firearms.
Teenage students running through neighborhoods with realistic water guns may trigger an emergency response, the Irvine Police Department said in a social media post. Those encounters can quickly escalate, posing a danger to students and the public, the Police Department said.
The post included a photo of a teen carrying a realistic-looking toy pistol, which was captured by a doorbell camera in 2024, said Ziggy Azarcon, public information officer with the Irvine Police Department. A resident mistook the toy for a real firearm and called police to report an armed person, he said. Officers responded and referred the teen to the department’s youth services, which consists of school resource officers, he added…