a customer sprayed her fellow shoppers with pepper spray as they rushed in for a deal on video games. we are live in los angeles. oh, come on. i can t believe this, good morning. good morning, alex. itis crazy. some of the victims were actually children that she sprayed. police now say she wasn t doing it to protect herself but to get preferred access to parts of the store. police and firefighters called to this los angeles walmart where one shopper had enough of the crowd. witnesses say customers were waiting in line for a sale on x boxes when people started pushing and shoving. a woman pulled out pepper spray and took aim at the crowd. caller: she wanted everybody to back off, so she came out with the pepper spray. reporter: they called her behavior competitive shopping. this video shows customers recovering moments after the incident. speaking by phone, shopper carman johnson said she waited in line behind the woman for two hours. it was crazy, trying to get games