Masked Gunmen Kill One, Injure Six in New Jersey Chick-fil-A Mass Shooting

A mass shooting at a Chick-fil-A restaurant in Union Township, New Jersey, left one person dead and six others wounded.

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The Union County Prosecutor's Office said police responded just before 9 p.m. Saturday.

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Officers found seven victims, including one who was pronounced dead at the scene.

Witnesses described the scene as a war zone.

The shooting was carried out by a group of masked men who stormed the restaurant and fired multiple shots from behind the counter.

Authorities said the shooting does not appear to be random and there is no immediate ongoing threat to the public.

Police detained no suspects as the investigation remained active and ongoing.

Governor Mikie Sherrill said New Jersey stands with the Union Township community.

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Union Township Mayor called the community heartbroken and shaken.

The shooting is believed to be a targeted incident stemming from a drug or gang dispute.

The one fatality is believed to be the target of the shooting.

Family members said workers were kept in the locked-down restaurant amid the investigation.

The shooting was the 100th mass shooting recorded in the United States in 2026.

The Gun Violence Archive defines mass shootings as incidents with four or more victims wounded or killed.

The United States annually reports high numbers of mass shootings compared to other high-income countries.

The incident occurred in a community of about 60,000 people.

The preliminary investigation determined the shooting was not random.