A game meant to be lighthearted ended with arrests, a school lockdown, and a districtwide warning from Polk County Public Schools Superintendent Fred Heid.
Four students were arrested on Friday, April 17, after waving what appeared to be handguns in a parking lot at Davenport High School, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. The guns turned out to be realistic-looking water guns tied to a game known as “senior assassin,” but the incident prompted a lockdown and immediate law enforcement response.
Sheriff Grady Judd said the students’ actions “threw students, staff, and parents into a panic” and disrupted the school day, even as authorities quickly determined there was no active threat…