Maryland mall evacuated & locked down after sneaker fight
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Explains what's driving the tumult.
The store had more anxious customers than they had sneakers for sale-and that was a recipe for tormenter.
Valley Mall in Hagerstown is peaceful now, but a sneaker, Nike's new Foam tennis shoe, caused narrow-riot conditins inside the mall on Saturday, like a melee at another mall in December after Nike released a prevalent pair of Air jordans.
"Just a fight going on down there at Foot Locker. Arguments; someone said that there was knives pulled," said mall staff member Cassandra Jenkins.
About a dozen officers responded and moved all customers surface. They say the problem was a classic dilemma: supply and demand. There were 150 customers, but only 90 pairs of shoes for marketing. They sold out in minutes.
"What we did is we brought in five customers at a time, let them get their shoes and fair kept rotating like that," said Sheriff Doug Mullendore.
According to reports, the Nike Foam sneakers convinced for more than $200 at places like Foot Locker, but they're so popular they can doubled in price, selling for as much as $500 on the internet.
Source: WTSP 10 News