No, 42 Million People Didn’t Die On Black Friday Weekend

The Onion's 'bloodiest Black Friday' article a yearly tradition

Shoppers head into Target just after their doors opened at midnight on Black Friday in South Portland, Maine, on Nov. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Onion Facebook screenshot via Literally Unbelievable

For the most part, Black Friday violence is relegated to fights over items and stampedes. But in 2013, a 34-year-old man was trampled to death by shoppers at a Walmart in Valley Stream, New York.

And in 2010, a U.S. Marine reservist was stabbed trying to stop a thief fleeing on Black Friday. In 2009, an elderly Queens, New York, man was shot over his new TV. Three robbers ambushed the man and shot him in the stomach.

During this year’s Black Friday, a woman apparently fought a child over a steamer in an undisclosed location, but some thought it was staged to produce a viral video.

However, there were still fights at malls across the country during the shopping bonanza.