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Black Friday Sale Shoppers shoot each other in at Toys R Us store
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| dEsidEL |
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Shoppers shoot each other in U.S. toy store
November 28, 2008
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PALM DESERT, Calif.–Two people were shot dead in a crowded toy store on Black Friday in a confrontation apparently involving rival groups, city officials said.
Palm Desert Councillor Jim Ferguson said police told him two men with handguns shot and killed each other. Ferguson said he asked police whether the incident was a dispute over a toy or whether it was gang-related. He said police told him they were not going to release further details until the victims' relatives were notified.
"I think the obvious question everyone has is who takes loaded weapons into a Toys "R" Us?" he said. "I doubt it was the casual holiday shopper."
City spokesperson Sheila Gilligan said police told her the shooting broke out between "two groups of individuals that have a dispute with each other."
The Palm Desert Police Department received calls of shots fired around 11:35 a.m., Riverside County sheriff's Sgt. Dennis Gutierrez said. He said officers were still investigating what prompted the gunshots.
Immediately after the shooting, about 20 people rushed into the World Gym across the street from Toys 'R' Us, the gym's assistant manager Glenn Splain told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.
"They were crying, tearing and shaking," Splain said, adding that one woman came in cradling a baby.
"Some people got into a fight," said Splain, who spoke with some of the customers. "One of the guys here thought it was over a toy, but it got louder and louder and then there were gunshots."
Sarah Pacia of Cathedral City told The Desert Sun newspaper she was in the store with her two boys, ages 4 and 6, looking at colouring books when she heard a commotion in the next aisle. She thought it was people rushing to get a sale item. Then she heard three or four shots.
She said she froze, and store employees calmly escorted her out of the store.
"This is Toys 'R' Us. There are kids shopping in there," Pacia said. Her son Jayden, 4, was clinging to her leg. He told her he didn't want to die, she said.
Toys 'R' Us officials did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
Palm Desert is a resort town about 180 kilometres east of Los Angeles.
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http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/545601
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| Jem_hadar |
LOL ing american holiday shopping BS.
WOW. |
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| VDub |
John...
You really need to read Skippers thread... |
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| E2EK1EL |
| quote: | Originally posted by VDub
John...
You really need to read Skippers thread... |
That ain't John LOL |
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| DaRoZa |
black friday is tearing the nation apart!!!1
| quote: | Originally posted by E2EK1EL
That ain't John LOL |
and this is a different story than the other thread... |
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| Search&Rescue |
| wtf?! another store!? crazy! |
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| Skipper |
| I just don't understand like this. |
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| Vivid Boy |
| we're addicted consumers. retail is the new crack. taj=ke luxuries away from ppl who have depended on them for decades, then re-enter them into the pot stir some affordable prices in there and sprinkle a lil crack on top, and what do u got? ppl shooting eachother down for a tickle me elmo doll |
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| Dancing*Queen |
Wow that's absolutely horrible :(
What is wrong with people?! |
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| VERTiG0 |
| quote: | Originally posted by E2EK1EL
That ain't John LOL |
Hahahhahahah |
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