PORTAGE, Ind. (WLS) — Portage police shared photos of a toy water gun they found on a student playing the popular “senior assassins” game.
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On Friday, police received multiple 911 calls about an armed person in a Planet Fitness parking lot at 6221 US Highway 6.
Police said they are aware of the game, but thought they were responding to a real threat, since school was in session.
“This emergency response put the officers and the community at unnecessary risk as well as delayed responses to three other calls for service occurring simultaneously in the city,” a police spokesperson said.
Officers arrived and found Adrian Williams, 18, inside a car with the toy gun in the passenger compartment.
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Police said that as he was being detained, he told police he was playing the game.
Williams was charged with felony intimidation.
“We understand that this game has been played by high school seniors in our area for a few years and this appears to have become a tradition,” police said. “Unfortunately, we have previously had to respond to reports of reckless driving, road rage, and carjacking.”
Police urge teenagers to use brightly colored water guns and to not engage in reckless and dangerous behaviors.
“It is ultimately the duty of the young adults who engage in this game to conduct themselves in a safe, lawful manner that does not cause fear and panic within our community,” the spokesperson said.
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