Editing Assassin (game) (section)

==Security fears==
On December 5, 1981, Mike Reagan, a [[California State University]] student,  was shot by campus police officer Sgt. Stephen King after he observed Reagan and fellow game player Julia Gissel holding what looked like [[M16 rifle|M16]]s. King observed the pair allegedly trying to open several doors. King approached, identified himself as a police officer, and ordered the pair to "freeze". Gissel complied but Reagan turned and went into a shooting stance. King fired three times and critically injured Reagan. The M16s turned out to be wooden models that shot rubber bands and were being used in a version of Assassin.<ref>{{cite news | title  = Dragon Rumbles | work=Dragon | first=Jake| last=Jaquet| date=1982-02-01}}</ref>

In 2008, the [[University of Nebraska–Lincoln]] placed a one-year ban on the Assassin Game. The administrators of the school placed the ban after the police had been called by a person who observed one student bringing a [[Nerf]] gun to class.<ref name=omaha-ap-article>{{cite news | title  = UNL calls dorm's 'Assassin' game inappropriate and bans it | url = http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2008/02/21/unl_calls_dorms_assassin_game_inappropriate_and_bans_it/ | access-date =2008-04-23 | work=The Boston Globe | first=Nelson | last=Lampe | date=2008-02-21| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081221122104/http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2008/02/21/unl_calls_dorms_assassin_game_inappropriate_and_bans_it/| archive-date=December 21, 2008| url-status= live}}</ref>

Currently, the [[University of Texas at Dallas]] and [[Loyola University New Orleans]] can call disciplinary proceedings on a student who engages in a game of "assassin, killer, or variations thereof."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.utdallas.edu/senate/documents/AcaCouncil-AUG13.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-02-07 |archive-date=2015-09-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906225720/http://www.utdallas.edu/senate/documents/AcaCouncil-AUG13.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=dallas-title5>{{cite web | title = UTDallas can initiate disciplinary proceedings for students playing assassin 49.37(d)(24) | year = 2009 | url = http://www.utdallas.edu/judicialaffairs/documents/UT-Dallas-Title-V-Chapter-49.pdf | access-date = 2009-09-21 | archive-date = 2009-08-16 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090816105443/http://www.utdallas.edu/judicialaffairs/documents/UT-Dallas-Title-V-Chapter-49.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref>

On March 31, 2009, in [[Fife, Washington]], a [[Costco]], several car dealerships and small businesses were evacuated when a "bomb" was left by someone playing Assassin. Several local police and fire departments responded as well as the Explosives Disposal team from the [[Port of Seattle]], the [[FBI]] and the [[BATF]]. The bomb was a box "found in a flower bed, contained a magnet and a beeping motion sensor" with the words "bomb, you're dead" written on it. The "bomb" was defused. The man who left the package later turned himself in to authorities.<ref name="The News Tribune of Tacoma">{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/694892.html|title=Man arrested in bomb prank that shut Fife businesses|date=2009-04-01|website=The News Tribune|location=Tacoma|access-date=2009-04-01}}{{dead link|date=April 2019}}</ref>

On May 12, 2009, an incident involving the Assassin game happened behind a [[North Hampton, New Hampshire]], restaurant, where an employee spotted a man in dark clothing with a gun. He called the police, and the student in question did not resist but simply walked to his car and explained the game to the police. The man turned out to be a high school senior from [[Exeter, New Hampshire]], waiting for another high school student to come out of her job at the restaurant with a water pistol in hand.<ref name="Assassin game draws
police response">{{cite web|title=Assassin game draws police response |date=2009-05-12 |url=http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/local/051209_Assassin_game_drawspolice_response |access-date=2008-05-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090516180836/http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/local/051209_Assassin_game_drawspolice_response |archive-date=2009-05-16 }}</ref>

In 2016, an assassin game held in [[Oakville, Ontario]] led to residents on Calloway Drive and Gooseberry Way's calling Halton Regional Police.<ref>{{cite web | title = Police summoned to squirt gun battle in Oakville | date = 2016-05-07 | url =http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/assassin-game-oakville-1.3572278}}</ref> The 3 participants wearing ski masks were subsequently released with warning.<ref>{{cite web | title =  Police warn Oakville teens and parents about 'assassins game' | date = 2016-04-08 | url=http://www.insidehalton.com/news-story/6458203-police-warn-oakville-teens-and-parents-about-assassins-game-/}}</ref>

In 2017, a group of high school students in [[Hopkinton, Massachusetts]] were playing [[Senior assassin]] with water guns when they thought they had entered an opponent's garage but it turned out to be the house of a 70-year-old woman. The woman decided not to press charges.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/05/03/senior-assassins-hopkinton-high-school-police/|title=Hopkinton Police Surround 'Senior Assassins' Who Entered Wrong Home|last=Robichaud|first=David|access-date=2017-05-04|date=2017-05-03|archive-date=2017-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509052334/http://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/05/03/senior-assassins-hopkinton-high-school-police/|url-status=live}}</ref>