Overview
- After Friday's 911 reports of a man with a gun, officers confronted Adrian Williams, 18, outside a Portage Planet Fitness and determined the pistol was a water gun.
- He was arrested on a felony intimidation charge, spent three nights in the Porter County Jail, and is due in court on April 22.
- Portage Police said the response required multiple armed officers and delayed three other calls, and they urged teens to choose bright-colored toys that do not resemble real guns.
- The department noted prior incidents tied to the game, including reckless driving, road rage and carjacking, and said participants must avoid causing fear in the community.
- Williams and his mother say the experience was traumatic and could jeopardize his scholarships, as police nationwide warn about 'Senior Assassin'—a senior-year game where students try to spray assigned classmates with water guns—citing past injuries and deaths in 2025 and 2024.