Officer nearly shoots student playing with water gun in a senior game
Similar games have resulted in a handful of incidents this year.
A Michigan officer nearly shot a student playing a "water wars" game, a local school district says.
Body camera footage obtained by ABC News on Thursday shows an officer investigating a report when he came across an individual dressed in a blue hoodie and sweats, seemingly holding a water gun and a cell phone.
A message Davison Community Schools Superintendent Matt Lobban sent to parents, obtained by ABC News, urged students not to play the game, risking catastrophe.
According to the message, the officer was investigating suspicious activity when he came across the student.
"That is when a student jumped out at the officer, whose gun was drawn, and shot his squirt gun, getting the officer wet," read the message.
"We are so very thankful that the officer, in spite of it being dark out, was able to determine that the student was not a threat and no one was hurt," the message continued.
The individual can be heard apologizing, and the officer responding, "you are a very lucky guy."
The message read, "We are reaching out today because we are very concerned that someone is going to get seriously hurt - or worse - as seniors engage in the game of 'water wars' following an incident that occurred last night."
The school said the student was playing the popular water wars game, seemingly similar to "senior assassin," where large groups of classmates track each other down and record a water "attack" in order to advance to the next round.
Senior assassin incidents have already caused quite a stir in neighborhoods across the country, leading to warnings from local police in states across the country, including Louisiana, Indiana and New Jersey.
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