Champaign Centennial High School warns against assassin game

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — A Champaign principal is warning families about a game some students are playing that can lead to academic and legal consequences.

Champaign Centennial High School Principal Sara Sanders wrote in an email to parents on Tuesday warning of the “Assassins” game (also called “Senior Assassin” or “Gotcha”), where students ambush their peers with water or airsoft guns to “tag” or “kill” each other. The game has gone viral and is played in schools across North America.

Sanders said playing the game is dangerous and can lead to to physical injury, police involvement and even death if anyone mistakes the weapons as real.

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Administration at the high school said they are prepared to issue discipline to any student playing the game on school grounds. Some students have played the game in the parking lot during their open lunch period, Sanders wrote.

“Please understand that some of these ‘toy guns’ look very real and could be coded as a ‘lookalike weapon,’ which could also lead to a student’s expulsion from Unit 4 schools,” Sanders added.

Police departments across the country have issued warnings against the same game. Earlier this year, high schoolers playing “Assassin” caused a rollover accident in a Chicago suburb as well as an escalated situation in a Northern Illinois diner after players showed up in ski masks with water guns.

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