After locking was set up in a high school and the teenagers were arrested under the threat of a firearm in early May, Guelph Police follow in the footsteps of many police services in the United States by issuing a warning to students to play the “Senior assassin” game.
“The popular game known as ‘Senior Assassin’ involves high school students in competition to eliminate other participants by pulling them with water rifles or other projectiles in a specified time,” the police said in a statement.
The service then noted that the game is not only played during school hours, but also after hours.
Guelph’s police said one of the main problems is that the weapons used in the game often seemed realistic, which creates a concern for other members of the community, including some who play the game, and the police can be called.
This is what happened on May 1, when a Guelph high school was briefly placed on locking while the officers replied after it was reported that adolescents with firearms were inside a car outside the school.
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The police then arrested one of the boys under the threat of a firearm, as well as two others.
Police said the trio has been warned of having had a weapon for dangerous purposes and will end an educational diversion program through John Howard company rather than expense.
The incident to Guelph is not the only one to have been forced to take care of, because several have been reported in the United States in recent months.
In Texas, a high school student fell from the back of a Jeep last month as he played the game and hit his head. He remains in the hospital on life support, according to CBS News.
And in Florida in February, a police officer shot an 18 -year -old in his arm after a group of young people was spotted in a car in the dark, According to the WFLA Newsnation subsidiary.
“The owner was alerted,” said Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper. “There are people in her alley, so she did what most would do, go check it out. And unfortunately, one of the students has a water pistol, but it looks like a pistol in darkness, you can’t make a difference.”
The officer, who was on leave at the time, answered the call and shot an 18 -year -old in the arm. Police said he had to recover completely.
Last year, There were also problems in the Ontario Halton regionBecause the police reported seven incidents during a period of one week in which residents said they saw young people with firearms on school and residential streets.
Const. Ryan Anderson told Global News that the assassin game had intensified throughout the region and had led some teenagers to be charged with Georgetown.
“This year, we see a lot of firearm weapons that look like Glock -style handguns, and obviously, the members of our audience are concerned when they see this,” said Anderson.
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