Black Friday Violence

So-called "Black Friday" sales may be catnip for some holiday shoppers, but in recent years they've also become scenes of bizarre - and in some places deadly - violence.

From an employee crushed to death in front of a New York Walmart in 2008, to a California woman who doused fellow Walmart shoppers with pepper spray last year, mayhem seems to have become part of getting that coveted bargain before anyone else.

This Black Friday frenzy of 2012 was not confined to the inside of the stores Friday, when police in Tallahassee, Fla,  said two people were shot in a dispute over a parking space outside a Wal-Mart.

At about 12:30 p.m. Police responded to the parking lot after witnesses reporting the gunfire.

Officers found two people injured -- a man and a woman -- who were taken to the hospital with injuries that were not life threatening. Both are expected to make a full recovery.

Police said the victims were going to the store together when the confrontation with a rival driver began. Both were arguing for the same spot in a busy area when shots rang out.

What you are going to see is random violence from inside Walmart. 

Violence on Black Friday

2011:

Porter Ranch, Calif. - 32-year-old Elizabeth Macias used pepper spray on fellow Walmart shoppers, injuring 20 people. Macias later turned herself in but has yet to face charges. According to the Los Angeles Times , police are unsure whether she used the pepper spray in an attempt to grab a discounted Xbox console, or in self-defense.

New York City: Crowds waiting to get inside a Hollister store busted through the locked doors and began looting around 1:15 a.m., according to the New York Post .

San Leandro, Calif.: 21-year-old Christopher Murillo was shot in the neck in the parking lot outside Walmart at about 1:55 a.m. According to the San Francisco Chronicle , the incident was an attempted robbery.

Myrtle Beach, S.C. - A 55-year-old woman was shot in the leg during an armed robbery at about 1:12 a.m. outside Walmart, reported CBS affiliate WSPA .

2010:

Buffalo, N.Y.: Keith Krantz, 28, was injured when he was trampled  by a mob trying to get inside a Target store just after doors opened at 4 a.m.

2008:

Valley Stream, N.Y.: Jdimytai Damour, a 34-year-old Walmart employee, was trampled to death when a crowd waiting outside broke through the doors to the store just before 5 a.m.

Palm Desert, Calif.: Two men shot and killed each other inside a Toys R' Us after what was reportedly an argument involving the women they were with. According to the Los Angeles Times , police do not believe the incident was connected to Black Friday deals, but rather a personal dispute.