shut down one mall when two police officers were injured , CNN affiliate KVUE reported . Police said each store had only 150 pairs of the shoes , the station reported . One of the officers was taken to a hospital after he was rushed by the crowd and suffered bruises and a rolled ankle , KVUE said . Police are reviewing surveillance tapes to find the assailant , police said , according to the station . `` It 's been crazy , '' one woman shopper named Andrea told KVUE , adding that officers threatened to use mace on crowds . `` People have been trying to run over the officers to get in the building . '' At a suburban Seattle mall Friday , police used pepper spray to bring order to an unruly crowd of 2,000 shoppers seeking the new shoe , said Mike Murphy of the Tukwila , Washington , Police Department . The Seattle area store was n't prepared to handle such a large crowd , Murphy said . CNN affiliate KIRO reported that crowds lined up Thursday night for the sale , which started at 4 a.m. Friday . In Lithonia , Georgia ,
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Almost nine years into the basketball legend 's retirement , a new version of Michael Jordan athletic shoes can still send fans into a mad frenzy : Stores nationwide were the scenes of violence and police officer injuries Friday , authorities said . In Richmond , California , police investigated a gunshot fired outside a mall where the latest version of shoes named after Jordan went on sale for about $ 180 a pair Friday morning , police told CNN affiliate KGO . A 24-year-old Richmond man was taken into custody in connection with the gunfire , said police Lt. Lori Curran . `` It appears right now it may have been just a negligent discharge , '' Curran said . Even as early as 1990 , a new pair of Air Jordans was so coveted that youngsters became violent in stealing the shoes . Jordan and his Chicago Bulls won six NBA championships in the 1990s . Thursday evening in Austin , Texas , three Foot Locker stores each drew 1,000 people for a midnight sale of the new Air Jordan Retro XI , replicas of a 1996 version of the shoe , and police