An off-duty agent with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement shot and killed a high school student last week during a pre-dawn game of the Nassau County Sheriff's Office “Senior Assignment.” I said.
In the game, players carry fake guns such as water pistols, hiding their identity, running through the area, hiding in obscure places. Fox News said. Objects are tagging and shooting other players, authorities said.
“Though these types of games may seem innocent, there are young people sneaking up on dark, carried objects that can be mistaken for weapons, creating potentially fatal situations.”
Florida lawyer Melissa Nelson said the game has become popular among high school students across northern Florida and across the country, the cable network added.
Sheriff Bill Reaper said the FDLE agent in question had encountered three people who were supposedly wandering outside the agent's residence on Purple Martin Drive, Yulee before 6am Wednesday. .
Shortly after the shooting, non-working agents began managing first aid, the sheriff's office said. On arrival, investigators discovered the injured individual was an 18-year-old Kenny High School student bishop. The school is in Jacksonville, in Duval County, but the sheriff's office said the “target” of the game is a fellow student living in Nassau County.
The injury to the injured student was not life-threatening, the sheriff's office said.
“Potentially fatal situations”
“Though these types of games may seem innocent, if you have young people sneaking up on dark, carried objects that could be mistaken for weapons, it creates a potentially fatal situation,” says Reaper. said.
He said, “Thankfully, students will survive, but this incident shows exactly why parents should take this seriously and tell their children about the dangers of these types of games.
The Nassau County Sheriff's Office has been working with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the state attorney's office for the 4th Judicial Circuit on investigations, and said it will release additional information once it becomes available.
Any other?
Law enforcement officials are calling for parents and elected officials to deter children from playing by linking the game to cases such as reckless driving and trespassing on private property, Fox News I stated.
“All over the country, and as a result, there have been tragedy and almost travel,” Nelson said at a news conference Thursday, according to the Cable Network. “In one example, a teenage player is a father. [player] Shooting him and mistaken the game for a criminal attack. ”
Fox News, citing police, says a group of high school students wearing water pistols with guns on fire last year walked to an Illinois restaurant in search of fellow teenagers involved in the game. I did. The cable network added that restaurant costumers carrying hidden weapons mistaken the students for a legitimate threat and no one was harmed.
“[We] According to Fox News, the Gurney Police Department said in a statement that “we are concerned that depictions of firearms, whether realistic or in public environments, are a concern and instill fear among the public. I would like to emphasize that we can do this: encourage community members to reconsider their participation in such activities and to recognize the seriousness of their actions.”
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