Illinois police fear people will mistake students’ water gun game for ‘genuine threat’

High school students don ski masks and target each other with water guns that look like firearms in ‘senior assassins’ game

Multiple police departments across Illinois are warning residents about the potential risks of a game called “senior assassins” in which high school students don ski masks and target each other with water guns that look like firearms.

In a Facebook post, the Gurnee police department said that on Tuesday a group of high school students from a neighboring community entered a local restaurant wearing ski masks and displayed water guns resembling firearms.