A top Texas high school baseball player named Isaac Leal is on life support following a serious injury he suffered while playing a water gun game wildly known among teens across the U.S.
On April 20, 17-year-old Leal, who is a senior at South Grand Prairie High School, was running after his classmates through an Arlington neighborhood when he hopped on the back of a parked Jeep with his “Senior Assassin” target inside, NBCDFW reported.
Footage from a doorbell camera and a cellphone captured the teen standing on the back bumper of the Jeep right before his target drove away at a “high speed.”
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“They were playing ‘Senior Assassin.’ He jumped on a young girl’s Jeep as it was parked. The girl reversed and took off and drove for five minutes at a high speed to where he could not jump off,” said Leal’s mother, Raquel Vazquez, to the outlet.
“She hit a dip and that’s where I was told, allegedly, he flew off the Jeep and hit his head.”
A doorbell camera showed Isaac Leal lying unconscious on the pavement, surrounded by first responders tending to him.
Reports indicate that Leal suffered a serious head injury in the fall and was rushed to Medical City Arlington, where he is now on life support.
The Arlington Police Department revealed it was notified of the incident and is actively taking a look into it.
According to reports, the high school teen was just weeks away from graduation and had scholarship offers to pitch in college.
Now, doctors fear for his recovery, as the head injury he sustained playing “Senior Assassin” is widely considered severe.
“I believe God does full miracles, so I’m asking for full restoration, full restoration of every cell of his body, not the vegetable state that they say,” his mother said.
The viral “Senior Assassin” trend sees players download an app that provides the location of targets.
Then, armed with water guns, players ought to “kill” their targets by spraying them.
Leal’s father has now sounded a warning to other parents that the game can put their child at risk of serious injury, though it appears innocent in nature.
“People need to be aware of games like this, as a teenager, you’re not aware if something bad is gonna happen,” Jose Leal told CBS News.
“You never think it’s going to hit close to home until it does,” Vazquez said.
South Grand Prairie High principal Larry Jones also told parents that students caught playing the game on campus would face punishment, “including the loss of senior privileges,” per a statement obtained by CBS.
Across the U.S., school districts and police departments have warned that the game can have dire consequences after a series of incidents involving players.
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Also, the use of water guns can produce deadly consequences if bystanders think the weapon is real.
