WINNEBAGO, Ill. (WTVO) — Police in Winnebago are warning parents of a “game” played by high school students that involves shooting other students with realistic-looking water guns in public people.
According to the Winnebago Police Department, students wearing ski masks and targeting other students in public places with realistic-looking squirt guns, are causing multiple police departments nationwide to issue warnings to residents.
Police said game is called “senior assassins,” and involves teams in tournament-style competition, with participants trying to eliminate opposing teams by “tagging” them with water guns.
School Resource Officer Jeff Spelman alerted the police department that some Winnebago High School students are participating in the activity.
“Parents, we urge you to discuss the dangers of this activity with your children and monitor their actions accordingly,” the department said in a statement.
In April , an adult concealed carry holder who witnessed students from a neighborhood community barge into a restaurant in Gurnee with fake weapons “mistook the situation for a genuine threat and the situation could have escalated quickly.”