Saturday, November 29, 2008

Black Friday Deaths at Wal-Mart and Toys R Us


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Wal-Mart Worker Dies When Shoppers Break Down Doors
Nassau County Police examine the front of the Wal-Mart in Valley Stream, N.Y., after a temporary Wal-Mart worker died after a throng of unruly shoppers broke down the doors and trampled him moments after the Long Island store opened early Friday for day-after-Thanksgiving bargain hunting, police said.
Police said about 2,000 people had gathered outside the doors before the Wal-Mart opened at the suburban location about 20 miles east of Manhattan. A crowd pushed the man to the ground at 5:03 a.m., three minutes after the store opened, leaving a metal portion of the door crumpled like an accordion.
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Police are looking for Wal-Mart shoppers who trampled worker
New York Police are reviewing video from surveillance cameras in an attempt to identify who trampled to death a Wal-Mart worker after a crowd of post-Thanksgiving shoppers burst through the doors at a suburban store and knocked him down.
Criminal charges were possible, but identifying individual shoppers in Friday's video may prove difficult, said Detective Lt. Michael Fleming, a Nassau County police spokesman.
Other workers were trampled as they tried to rescue the man, and customers stepped over him and became irate when officials said the store was closing because of the death, police and witnesses said.
"This crowd was out of control," Fleming said. He described the scene as "utter chaos," and said the store didn't have enough security.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in Bentonville, Ark., closed the store in Valley Stream for several hours after the stampede. It reopened shortly after 1 p.m.
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2 Shot Dead at California Toys R Us
Two men were shot and killed on Black Friday inside a Toys R Us in Palm Desert, Calif., during a confrontation apparently involving dispute over a toy.


Black Friday Fight Over and X-Box
Fighting for a xbox 360 package with the guitar hero, during black Friday at Wal-mart
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