‘Assassin’ game played with water gun could turn deadly: Gilbert PD
INDEPENDENT NEWSMEDIA
Posted 10/21/23
The Gilbert Police Department is asking the community to help share the risks of a game that involves a water pistol, fearing it could be appear to be a real firearm and seen as a threat to the …
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‘Assassin’ game played with water gun could turn deadly: Gilbert PD
(Gilbert Police Depatment)
This picture provided by Gilbert police is an image similar to what the gun from an Oct. 16 call for service looked like.
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INDEPENDENT NEWSMEDIA
The Gilbert Police Department is asking the community to help share the risks of a game that involves a water pistol, fearing it could be appear to be a real firearm and seen as a threat to the public and law enforcement.
Police said they have received several calls, including one on Oct. 16, that a person was running through the parking lot of Gibert businesses with a gun.
In the Oct. 16 incident, an officer found two teens, one who appeared to have a white firearm with him.
“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,” police said in a release.
The water gun was designed to look like a real firearm, according to police.
“We would like our 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,” the release stated.
