New TMX Elmo Toy Causes Tense Situation in a Florida Store

By First Coast News Staff

TAMPA, FL -- The new Tickle Me Elmo doll created a tense shopping situation inside a Target store in Tampa. According to authorities, a customer scooped up the last two TMX dolls in the store and handed one to an elderly customer.

This nice gesture did not sit well with another customer who approached the elderly man and threatened to shoot him if he did not hand over the doll.

Target employees called 911, but by the time police arrived the irate customer had left the store.

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