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One dead and multiple people injured after 'masked gunmen' open fire at a Chick-fil-A - New Jersey
UK Mail ^ | 11 April 2026 | JENSEN BIRD

Posted on 04/12/2026 5:00:39 AM PDT by dennisw

One person has been killed and multiple people injured during a mass shooting at a New Jersey Chick-fil-A.

The horror unfolded at the restaurant in Union Township on Saturday night, sending terrified patrons scrambling and the business into lockdown.

At least six people were shot after gunfire erupted at around 8.40pm inside the crowded establishment, according to RLS Media.

A local living a block away told the Daily Mail that they could hear 'a ruckus' as well as sirens blaring hours after the shooting ended.

The father of a Chick-fil-A worker said his son told him multiple armed suspects in masks burst into the fast food chain.

The anonymous father described the busy eatery as a 'warzone' and said several of his son's co-workers had been injured.

Another man whose girlfriend works at the restaurant told CBS that the group of suspects barged in and went directly behind the counter, firing multiple shots.

A Lyft driver told ABC that he was finishing a drop-off near the Chick-fil-A when he heard more than seven shots fired.

'I finished my trip over there, in the return zone. I heard the shots. When I finished the trip, I go to Chick-fil-A to buy two burgers - I see the police, I heard the shots very close,' he said.

The Chick-fil-A is located at 2139 US 22 in Union, New Jersey. The town is located just over 15 miles outside of New York City.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Education; Food
KEYWORDS: banglist; chickfila; crime; newjersey
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To: central_va; sushiman
I won't call you a racist, but you are a pattern recognitionist!
21 posted on 04/12/2026 6:23:15 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt (Fascist, deplorable, and proud of it!)
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To: 17th Miss Regt

He hates the Amish!


22 posted on 04/12/2026 6:24:20 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: TTFlyer

Pronto.


23 posted on 04/12/2026 6:29:30 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: drwoof

In other words, Marxist traitors.


24 posted on 04/12/2026 6:29:56 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: dennisw

The guy who said he went there to get hamburgers has a thick accent. To my ear, it sounded French. The demographics in Union recently changed to include a large number of immigrants from Haiti, mostly Christian, with French as their first language. Paterson, NJ has the second highest Muslim population per capita in the US, with at least five mosques, and they’re about a 15-20 minute drive from this Chick-Fil-A. The shooters are reported to have arrived wearing masks, immediately went behind the counter and started shooting. I’m going to jump to conclusions and assume all those facts are relevant to this shooting, and add up to a targeted attack on Christians by Muslims.


25 posted on 04/12/2026 6:36:44 AM PDT by BykrBayb (Lung cancer free since 11/9/07. Colon cancer free since 7/7/15. PTL ~ Þ)
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And I know, do not ass_u_me, but I’m doing it. And my bingo card says two Moes and an Ahmed. Prove me wrong.


26 posted on 04/12/2026 6:45:56 AM PDT by BykrBayb (Lung cancer free since 11/9/07. Colon cancer free since 7/7/15. PTL ~ Þ)
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To: Blueflag

I have worked at Chick-fil-A for many years. I have found it people who are Indian refer to chicken sandwiches as burgers. It’s a cultural/language thing.


27 posted on 04/12/2026 6:46:35 AM PDT by cantfindagoodscreenname (I really hate not knowing what was said in the deleted posts....)
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To: cantfindagoodscreenname

*that


28 posted on 04/12/2026 6:47:41 AM PDT by cantfindagoodscreenname (I really hate not knowing what was said in the deleted posts....)
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To: dennisw

So many followers of Satan....... HANG THEM!!


29 posted on 04/12/2026 6:51:38 AM PDT by high info voter (Delivery )
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To: dennisw

Most probably spill over from Newark, or Irvington and Hillside. Union Township as recently as the 1980s was a nice little typical New Jersey town. It is terrible today, unrecognizable from when I was a kid.


30 posted on 04/12/2026 6:55:49 AM PDT by usafa92 (Donald J. Trump, 45th and 47th President of the United States of America!)
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To: cantfindagoodscreenname
I have worked at Chick-fil-A for many years. I have found it people who are Indian refer to chicken sandwiches as burgers. It’s a cultural/language thing.

I can see that. Kind of like the Coke-Soda-Pop regional differences in this country.

31 posted on 04/12/2026 7:01:18 AM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: dennisw

New Jersey Chick-fil-A needs a sit down with a Mafia Don it’s about a business problem?.


32 posted on 04/12/2026 7:06:31 AM PDT by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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To: dennisw

Due to the incredible number of restrictions on the NJ carry permit that probably would have been legally useless here.


33 posted on 04/12/2026 7:09:02 AM PDT by jughandle
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To: dennisw
This story wouldn't have made the news if all the victims had survived.

A quick internet search shows other Chick-fil-a locations have had shootings, just like any fast food restaurant in a Democrat dump.

34 posted on 04/12/2026 7:10:38 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: sushiman
The entire United States has changed.

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Since 1990, the U.S. population has grown from roughly 249 million to over 331 million by 2020, becoming significantly more racially diverse, older, and less likely to be married. The non-Hispanic white population dropped from 76% in 1990 to 58% in 2023, while the Hispanic population grew from 9% to 19%.

Contraception, divorce, abortion ...
35 posted on 04/12/2026 7:12:36 AM PDT by af_vet_1981 ( The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: Omnivore-Dan

That stretch of Route 22 is a continuous string of retail stores and fast food places that collectively make up a perfect example of Chris Rock’s legendary “shopping mall where white people used to go.” I wouldn’t patronize any business establishment east of Mountainside along Route 22.


36 posted on 04/12/2026 7:22:24 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (If I leave here, it’s because I’m tired of arguing with geriatric parrots wearing MAGA hats.)
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To: fidelis
I can see that. Kind of like the Coke-Soda-Pop regional differences in this country.

Exactly!

37 posted on 04/12/2026 7:23:32 AM PDT by cantfindagoodscreenname (I really hate not knowing what was said in the deleted posts....)
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To: TTFlyer

Are you saying that it wasn’t armed fast food fighters? Something more sinister?


38 posted on 04/12/2026 7:25:33 AM PDT by Mashood
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To: dennisw

Why is this reported in a British news outlet first.


39 posted on 04/12/2026 7:31:24 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("America can be summed up in one word: Asmpfutehehepfpfutehe")
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To: MotorCityBuck

Colonel’s been dead for years. Ronald McDonald, however, is still dancing around with the Hamburgler.


40 posted on 04/12/2026 7:33:45 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("America can be summed up in one word: Asmpfutehehepfpfutehe")
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