--- description: At least two people were shot and killed across the U.S. on Black Friday as they hunted for shopping deals. title: Black Friday Shootings Kill 2 and Leave More Injured image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Black Friday Shootings Kill 2 and Leave More Injured  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Nov 25, 2016 10:02 PM CUT  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Nov 25, 2016 10:02 PM CUT At least two people were shot and killed across the U.S. on [Black Friday](http://fortune.com/2016/11/24/target-black-friday-sales/?iid=leftrail "undefined") as they hunted for shopping deals. Shootings were reported at three locations: a New Jersey Macy’s, a Tennessee mall and a Nevada Walmart. In all three cases, the shootings occurred outside the buildings. In New Jersey, 21-year-old college student and new father Demond Cottman was shot and killed outside a Macy’s around 1 a.m. Friday morning. The shooter fired multiple shots, leaving an SUV covered in bullet holes, but the motives remain unclear. Cottman’s 26-year-old brother was also injured, according to a _Press of Atlantic City_ [report](http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/year-old-atlantic-city-man-shot-to-death-in-hamilton/article%5F07ec20e9-ec29-5206-9008-212d3c650b86.html "undefined"). An apparent fight over a parking spot at a Reno Walmart turned deadly when one of the drivers pulled a weapon and shot and killed a 33-year-old man, according to a KOLO 8 [report](http://www.kolotv.com/content/news/One-dead-near-Reno-Walmart-as-road-rage-incident-turns-deadly-police-say-402947846.html "undefined"). That incident technically occurred before Black Friday on the evening of Thanksgiving. A [shooting](http://wreg.com/2016/11/24/shots-fired-at-wolfchase-galleria/ "undefined") at Wolfchase Galleria Mall in Memphis left one man injured, according to a local CBS affiliate. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4582426/black-friday-shootings/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4582426/black-friday-shootings/"},"headline":"Black Friday Shootings Kill 2 and Leave More Injured","datePublished":"2016-11-25T22:02:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T01:59:37.665Z","description":"One fight broke out over a parking spot","url":"https://time.com/4582426/black-friday-shootings/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4582426/black-friday-shootings/","name":"Black Friday Shootings Kill 2 and Leave More Injured"}}]}] ```