Black Friday Sales Prompt Crowds And Chaos

The Black Friday shopping frenzy sent cash registers ringing, but also created problems in some stores.  From fights in Southern California to trampled shoppers in New York to chaos in Sacramento, some bargain hunters got out of hand.
 
Shoppers at the Walmart in Natomas caused such a ruckus in the electronics department, employees had to shut it down and only let a few shoppers in at a time.
 

 
Outside a Best Buy in south Sacramento, security guards wrangled with shoppers refusing to get into orderly lines before the store even opened.
 
In Southern California, reports of a melee sent Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies to the Los Cerritos Center mall in Cerritos around 2:30 a.m.

Officers say a half-dozen men got into a fight in the food court, running and knocking chairs to the ground.

He says deputies contained the area and did a walkthrough but couldn't find the brawlers.
 

No injuries are reported.

In New York at a Buffalo Target store, several shoppers were trampled just seconds after the store opened its doors.