'Black Thursday' shopper pulls gun on man at South Park Mall

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Published: 11/23/2012 9:51 am

Updated: 11/24/2012 7:26 pm

SAN ANTONIO -- Black Friday shoppers at South Park Mall got more than they bargained for when police say a man waiting in line pulled a gun on another man.

A police report states the two men got into an argument around 9:00 p.m. Thursday while waiting at the Sears store. The man who pulled the gun told police he was trying to defend himself after he was punched in the face by the other man. The other man left the scene before police arrived.

The man who pulled the gun had a concealed handgun license and was released.

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Anonymous - 11/24/2012 1:32 PM

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@Viper Are you sure that wasn't you at South Park mall that felt you had to protect yourself from the local majority during your Christmas shopping? you must've found yourself surrounded by the enemy and behind enemy lines and felt the need to protect yourself with your CHL right? Where exactly were you Black Friday morning huh, huh, huh????

Viper - 11/24/2012 2:29 AM

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The days of intimidation and physical harrassment from the local majority (mexicans)are over. Threaten me and I'll deal with them the way mexicans deal with public restrooms. Piss all over them and leave them unusable for any other civilized human.

harson - 11/23/2012 11:48 PM

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Wow, thanks for the well written, informative article. Are there any journalists out there anymore ? Cameras ? Witnesses ? I heard the guy with the gun provoked the altercation. If that is true, he should lose his CHL.

Oilfield trash - 11/23/2012 1:28 PM

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What a wonderful society we now live in. Standing in line to buy trinkets, and then fighting over said trinkets. That is the reason I chose to work over the Holidays. I'll stay out in the brush and away from the idiots.

cleopatra - 11/23/2012 12:54 PM

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Wow, someone Onda Sowsyde w/a CHL!?! That is newsworthy.

Big J - 11/23/2012 11:55 AM

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The sad part was all the people that TOOK their items with them when they decided to run for their lives. I was there happend inside the store not outside.

Gecko - 11/23/2012 11:45 AM

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South Park Mall.....Barrio.

bigman1 - 11/23/2012 11:32 AM

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so you got a guy on the southside with a gun.why is anyone suprised?welcome to mexico,viva la raza

Silvy - 11/23/2012 11:21 AM

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It may not be that he felt he had to bring the gun with him while Christmas shopping - but more of a way of life. My dad has his CHL, and he takes his gun everywhere with him. He carries a small one in his front pocket, no matter where he goes. It becomes a habit, just like putting your wallet in your pocket or grabbing your purse on your way out the door.

FDNY1983 - 11/23/2012 10:49 AM

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If you feel the need to bring your gat with you Black Friday shopping, then this indicates to me that Black Friday lost the spirit of Christmas a LONG time ago- not that massive and obsessive consumerism ever had a Christmas spirit, but those that become violent and shove people out of the way have no business partaking in anything that has to do with Christmas.

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