Overview

• Deputies reported a Highlands Ranch grocery store call about masked teens who were feared to be starting a robbery and a separate restaurant report of a gun pointed from a vehicle.
• In the second case, deputies conducted a high-risk stop near West Highlands Ranch Parkway and Town Center Drive and found water pistols that resembled handguns.
• The teenagers involved were released to their parents after a serious discussion with deputies about the game's risks.
• The sheriff's office urged parents to speak with students, asked students to avoid using realistic-looking props, and told residents to call 911 rather than assume suspicious behavior is a game.
• The advisory places the local incidents in a national pattern of warnings about Senior Assassin, which has previously led to injuries and police shootings, with local sensitivity heightened after the Evergreen High School shooting.