A
woman who allegedly fired pepper spray at other customers during a
Black Friday sale has surrendered to authorities, Los Angeles police
said Saturday. Police said the woman who allegedly caused minor injuries
to 20 shoppers at a Los Angeles-area Walmart turned herself in Friday
night. The woman could face battery charges. The attack took place about
10:20 p.m. Thursday shortly after doors opened for the sale. The store
had brought out a crate of discounted Xbox video game players and a
crowd had formed to wait for the unwrapping. Valle says the woman began
spraying people in order to get an advantage. Police had referred to the
incident as “competitive shopping.” The incident was among those
nationwide in which violence marred the traditional kickoff to the
holiday shopping season. In New York, crowds reportedly looted a
clothing store in Soho. At a Walmart near Phoenix, a man was bloodied
while being subdued by a police officer on suspicion of shoplifting a
video game. There was a shooting outside a store in San Leandro,
California, shots fired at a mall in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and a
stabbing outside a store in Sacramento, New York.
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