Law enforcement officials are issuing a warning to high school students and the community after a game recently prompted a police response.

According to the Brooklyn Park Police Department, officers were called at around 6:45 a.m. Tuesday about a person dressed in camouflage who was carrying a long gun and walking through yards in the 10500 block of Noble Circle North.

Officers responded and used a drone to search the area.

Eventually, police found and detained the suspect. However, officers then learned that the person was just playing a game called “senior assassin,” in which high school-aged students play tag with water projectile-firing guns.

Brooklyn Park Police said the teen who was detained was released to his parents. They are not pursuing charges at this time.

Police are now urging parents and community members to talk to their kids about the dangers of playing the game or similar ones, adding that carrying “facsimile firearms” or things that look like real guns in Brooklyn Park is a crime and can result in serious consequences.

It’s a problem law enforcement around the metro have had for years, dating back to several “Nerf war” games over the past decade-plus. Several incidents led police to issue several warnings about that game.

“At first, it just seemed like kind of a fun idea, and we were a little apprehensive about our son playing it at first, but we let him do it,” Corey Kelleher, Brooklyn Park resident, said.

Kelleher said seeing the commotion the game caused in his neighborhood changed his mind.

“We realized that it’s probably a little too much for safety sake,” he said. “It’s not worth somebody getting hurt.”

Parents explained they understand it’s all fun and games, but playing could lead to real-life consequences.

The Wright County Sheriff’s Office also highlighted the issue on Wednesday, saying its dispatchers have gotten several reports of teens playing “Nerf wars” or “senior assassin” recently.

The post got more than 100 replies in just a couple of hours as many complained about letting kids have fun. The sheriff’s office responded that it “didn’t know we would be kicking a hornet’s nest” with the post.

“The issue is not the nerf war game specifically. The issue is playing the game from a moving vehicle (yes, we’ve had complaints of this already) and/or trespassing on private property while playing (yes, we’ve had recent complaints of this too),” the sheriff’s office said, noting past crashes related to the games.

The agency asked parents and community members to discuss the risks associated with the games with their kids, particularly the dangers of reckless driving, trespassing, property damage and other possible disruptions that can result in charges like disorderly conduct, trespassing, traffic violations, littering, vehicle tampering and curfew violations.

Fortunately, nobody was hurt in this latest incident.