Arizona Police Probe 1 Student's Toy Gun at School as 'Senior Assassin' Warnings Spread
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Updated · Fox News · May 22
Arizona Police Probe 1 Student's Toy Gun at School as 'Senior Assassin' Warnings Spread
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 22
Anza Trail School in suburban Tucson triggered a police investigation this week after a teacher saw a middle school student with a water gun and called 911, mistaking it for a real firearm.
Sahuarita police said the juvenile had brought an Orbeez-style toy as part of an end-of-year 'Senior Assassin' prank, and officers later found the toy gun and confirmed it was not a real weapon.
Police departments in Pennsylvania, California and Illinois are warning that the game prompts repeated 911 calls, high-risk stops and wasted emergency resources because toy or replica guns can look real.
A 2025 case in Jacksonville, Florida underscored the danger: an 18-year-old student playing the game was shot by an off-duty agent who mistook him and two friends for intruders, though he survived.
Is 'Senior Assassin' a harmless prank, or a deadly reflection of America’s gun culture?
Can this risky tradition be redesigned for safety, or must schools and police ban it entirely?