34-year - old was unlocking Wal - Mart 's door when he was knocked down . In the first , a temporary Wal-Mart employee was trampled to death in a rush of thousands of early morning shoppers as he and other employees attempted to unlock the doors of a Long Island , New York , store at 5 a.m. , police said . Crowd had begun forming outside store as early as 9 p.m. Friday . In unrelated incident , two people were shot dead in a Target ` ` R '' Us in California . Police say toy store shootings unrelated to shopping .
34-year - old was unlocking Wal - Mart 's door when he was knocked down . Crowd had begun forming outside store as early as 9 p.m. Friday . In unrelated incident , two people were shot dead in a Target ` ` R '' Us in California . Police say toy store shootings unrelated to shopping .