NCSO: Bishop Kenny student playing ‘Senior Assassins' in Yulee shot in arm by off-duty FDLE agent
An 18-year-old playing 'Senior Assassins' in a Yulee neighborhood was shot in the arm by an off-duty Florida Department of Law Enforcement agent, the Nassau County Sheriff's Office said.
It happened just before 6 a.m. Wednesday on Purple Martin Drive in the Plummer Creek subdivision.
NCSO said in a news release, 'the agent encountered what appeared to be three people prowling outside their residence in the dark.'
The 18-year-old who was shot was a Bishop Kenny High School student from Jacksonville who was playing the 'Senior Assassins' game with another Bishop Kenny student who lives in Nassau County, NCSO said.
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During the 'Senior Assassins' game, the teens were trying to 'tag' each other with water guns.
The teen shot in the arm was taken to UF Health with non-life-threatening injuries.
Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper said in a video posted to social media that games like these can have dangerous consequences.
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'These types of games may seem innocent, but when you have young people sneaking around in the dark wearing masks and carrying objects that could be mistaken for weapons, you're creating a potentially deadly situation,' Leeper said.
Leeper encouraged parents to talk to their kids about the possible danger of games like 'Senior Assassin.'
NCSO said is working with the FDLE, the Office of the State Attorney for the Fourth Judicial Circuit on the investigation and will release additional information as it becomes available.
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