Police and emergency personnel are seen outside the Toys "R" Us store in Palm Desert, Calif. on Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. Two people were shot to death in a crowded toy store on Black Friday in a confrontation apparently involving rival groups, city officials said. (AP Photo/Michael Snyder, The Desert Sun)
SoCal Toys ‘R’ Us Shooting Leaves Two Dead
GILLIAN FLACCUS | November 28, 2008 09:24 PM EST | 
PALM DESERT, Calif. — Two men pulled guns and shot each other to death in a crowded toy store Friday after the women with them erupted into a bloody brawl, witnesses said. Scared shoppers fled but no one else was hurt.
The violence erupted on Black Friday, the traditional post-Thanksgiving start of the holiday shopping surge, but authorities indicated the shooting wasn’t related to a shopping frenzy.
Riverside County sheriff’s Sgt. Dennis Gutierrez said the fight was not over a toy. He said handguns were found by the men’s bodies, but he released little other information. He would not answer a question about whether the shooting was gang-related.
Witnesses Scott and Joan Barrick said they were checking out of the store when the fight began between two women, each with a man. The women were near the checkout area, but the Barricks did not think the women had purchases.
One woman suddenly started punching the other woman, who fought back as blood flowed from her nose, Scott Barrick, 41, said.
The man who was with the woman being punched pulled a gun halfway out of his pocket, then shoved it back in, he said.
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and the worker trampled to death in Walmart on LOng Island – welcome to america, land of opportunity
Wal-Mart worker trampled to death on Black Friday:
http://suzieqq.wordpress.com/2008/11/28/wal-mart-worker-trampled-to-death-by-black-friday-shoppers/
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Festival!
It is the will of Laandru!!
Shop till you drop continues…
All for a damn sale item? Unbelieveable!
Insanity!
unbelieveable
This is indeed very sad, every year we see the same. I just don’t understand how people can not see that they are hurting somebody and stop for a minute.
Don’t ever get between two ladies and a sale item!
wow … unbelieveable
Over and over again, I question why people believe we were created by a perfect “God.” Is it not obvious we’ve evolved from lower primates? This is animalistic behavior. Base, primal instincts, fight-or-flight, reptilian brain activity.
civilized?
This tragic occurrence, and the Long Island trampling, are symptoms of a rotten, soulless, materialistic culture that has rejected Jesus Christ and the Latter Day Saints. A nation that serves the almighty dollar at the altar of hedonism will suffer mightily for their wayward path. May God have mercy on their souls an lead them unto the path of righteousness and everlasting life. As Jesus said, “In my house there are many mansions.”
The day after thanksgiving is a good time for digestion and reflection on your blessings. Don’t most of have more than we really need? :awe:
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