JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – State Legal professional Melissa Nelson, native sheriffs and different Northeast Florida regulation enforcement leaders will maintain a information convention Thursday to debate the doubtless lethal penalties of the “Senior Murderer” recreation being performed by highschool seniors.
The information convention comes after an off-duty Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) agent shot an 18-year-old Bishop Kenny High School standout football player in the arm on Wednesday whereas the scholar was enjoying “Senior Murderer” in Nassau County, based on officers.
Jacksonville Sheriff T.Okay. Waters, Nassau County Sheriff Invoice Leeper and Clay County Sheriff Michelle Cook dinner are anticipated to attend the information convention at midday on the Police Memorial Constructing.
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In accordance with the Nassau County Sheriff’s Workplace, the capturing involving the scholar and the FDLE agent occurred round 6 a.m. on Purple Martin Drive in Yulee when the FDLE agent seen “three individuals prowling outdoors their residence in the dead of night.”
“Most of these video games could seem harmless, however when you have got younger individuals sneaking round in the dead of night and carrying objects that could possibly be mistaken for weapons, you’re making a probably lethal state of affairs,” Leeper mentioned.
The sport includes teams utilizing water weapons to “shoot one another” till the final man or staff is left standing.
The coed who was shot by the agent was taken to UF Well being with non-life-threatening accidents and is predicted to be OK.
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