Seven people were shot, including one fatally, at a fast-food chain restaurant in Union Township, New Jersey, on Saturday night, according to authorities. The Gun Violence Archive, a nonpartisan reference resource, listed the reported shooting at the Chick-fil-A restaurant in the 2300 block of Route 22 as the 100th mass shooting documented in the US this year, as of Sunday. The archive defines mass shootings as cases in which four or more victims are wounded or killed. A statement from the local county prosecutor’s office said that Saturday’s shooting erupted at the Chick-fil-A location at about 9pm. Union Township has a population of about 60,000 people.

Source: The Guardian April 12, 2026 16:47 UTC