Shooting at Toys 'R' Us In Palm Desert

As if we had not enough tragedy on this Black Friday here comes another one from a Toys 'R' Us store in Palm Desert, California. Toys 'R' Us shooting in the store has left two people dead.

Black Friday has turned violent after reports of shooting fired at the Toys-R-Us on Highway 111 in Palm Desert. We already had one fatality in Long Island Walmart store. Read about Walmart employee being trampled to death by shoppers on this Black Friday.

According to SF Gate 2 people were shot to death in a crowded Toys 'R' Us store on Black Friday in a confrontation apparently involving rival groups.

Palm Desert Councilman 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."

People have gone really crazy. We just needed a shooting in a Toys 'R' Us store where children shop.

"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."

Not only the Black Friday shoppers did not feel safe today, but also the retailers themselves are under the economy's pressure. As the sales are slowing down read about the Black Friday economic woes and about the ten retail stores that may not be around in 2009.

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