Have you heard of the "water wars" trend? It's basically where a bunch of high school seniors battle each other with water guns in the chase for a cash prize. People often lie in wait for people in order to "eliminate" them. All in all, it sounds like a pretty fun time, right? But, as reported by WXYZ 7 Detroit, teens need to be really careful how they approach the event.
One Detroit water war showdown led to the cops being called after a neighbor called the police. The neighbor said that a man was crouching in a backyard by a shed, possibly armed with a weapon. A dispatcher reporting to an attending police officer said that "He believes he possibly has a weapon in his hand... He states that he could be hiding from somebody."
But that wasn't the case at all—it was just someone waiting for their friend, ready to blast them with a water gun. This is something that the officer picked up on. The officer responded to the dispatcher, "It sounds like it's going to be that senior water park game."
Steve Fedirko, whose daughter was the one having the "assassination" plotted against her, explained what happened. "The plan was, she was going to come back from school, and as she was walking out... The assassin was hiding between the fence and the house." But, the "assassin" was "in [the neighbor's] backyard, behind their shed."
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The High School Emailed Parents and Students About the "Water Wars"
But, while these "water wars" sound very innocuous, they can very easily ramp up into trespassing. Cindy Parravano, the principal of Grosse Pointe South High School, sent an email out to students and parents warning them to be careful.
The statement reads, "Please stay off the private property of others. The police department just took a phone call from a private citizen who thought there was someone being chased through their backyard by someone with a gun."
It finished by stressing that she wanted all students to have fun, but only on public property. "Going onto private properties could carry ramifications that you don't want to have to navigate or deal with."
