The Baltimore County Police Department tweeted a caution directed primarily toward teens and other youth, against playing a viral social media game.

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The game, known as "Assassin," involves a player using a water gun to 'squirt attack' and eliminate another player.

Many of the teens who play the game are students, mostly seniors in high school.

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Police say the issue is that the water guns used to play the game look like real firearms, in pictures circulating on the internet.