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A fight among female shoppers breaks out in the middle of one of a Philly area mall and one woman pulls out what appears to be a stun gun.
By Karen Araiza
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/video...iday/233856481
Black Friday shopping can be hazardous to your health.
One woman apparently used a stun gun on another after an all-out brawl inside of the Franklin Mills Mall in Northeast Philadelphia.
Mike Napolitano was in the mall with two of his friends when they came up on the fight.
"It started out, one couple was fighting with another couple. They had words, the guys got into a fight and then the girls," said Napolitano, who videotaped the melee. "One couple, they were like a family and all, with a young child in a stroller," said Napolitano, 20.
The video shows the two women punching each other and someone in the crowd yelling, "No, stop."
After the two hit the ground, fighting, you can hear the crackle of what sounds like a stun gun and see fluorescent-colored sparks.
"One girl just brought out a taser," Napolitano said.
At that point, several people run up and pry the two women apart.
"Then security came over and I kinda left, you know, I was thinking, 'God forbid if somebody has a gun or something,'" Napolitano said.
Mall security confirms that a fight did break out in the mall around 2:30 a.m., but in a tweet, but when mall staff responded to this tweet, they said no taser was used:
so there was a huge fight at franklin mills mall & some girl tazzed another girl & there was no cops ...
— lliannaaa (@infinitymikk) November 29, 2013
@infinitymikk That is incorrect. To clarify, no taser was used and the fight diminished quickly.
— Franklin Mills (@FranklinMills) November 29, 2013
Witness accounts and the video suggest otherwise. We've asked the mall to clarify or give us more information on their account of what took place. We are awaiting their response.
The mall opened at midnight on Black Friday. NBC10 was there prior to the opening and dozens of shoppers were already lined up outside, ready to take advantage of the day's deals.
By Karen Araiza
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/video...iday/233856481
Black Friday shopping can be hazardous to your health.
One woman apparently used a stun gun on another after an all-out brawl inside of the Franklin Mills Mall in Northeast Philadelphia.
Mike Napolitano was in the mall with two of his friends when they came up on the fight.
"It started out, one couple was fighting with another couple. They had words, the guys got into a fight and then the girls," said Napolitano, who videotaped the melee. "One couple, they were like a family and all, with a young child in a stroller," said Napolitano, 20.
The video shows the two women punching each other and someone in the crowd yelling, "No, stop."
After the two hit the ground, fighting, you can hear the crackle of what sounds like a stun gun and see fluorescent-colored sparks.
"One girl just brought out a taser," Napolitano said.
At that point, several people run up and pry the two women apart.
"Then security came over and I kinda left, you know, I was thinking, 'God forbid if somebody has a gun or something,'" Napolitano said.
Mall security confirms that a fight did break out in the mall around 2:30 a.m., but in a tweet, but when mall staff responded to this tweet, they said no taser was used:
so there was a huge fight at franklin mills mall & some girl tazzed another girl & there was no cops ...
— lliannaaa (@infinitymikk) November 29, 2013
@infinitymikk That is incorrect. To clarify, no taser was used and the fight diminished quickly.
— Franklin Mills (@FranklinMills) November 29, 2013
Witness accounts and the video suggest otherwise. We've asked the mall to clarify or give us more information on their account of what took place. We are awaiting their response.
The mall opened at midnight on Black Friday. NBC10 was there prior to the opening and dozens of shoppers were already lined up outside, ready to take advantage of the day's deals.
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