A shooting broke out inside a New Jersey Chick-fil-A Saturday night, leaving multiple people injured after a group of men stormed in, went behind the food counter, and opened fire, according to reports.<\/p>\n
The horror unfolded just before 9 p.m. at the fast food chain\u2019s Route 22 location in Union, which has since been locked down with some workers reportedly still inside as Union County police probe the scene,\u00a0WABC<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0CBS New York<\/a>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n A man who said his girlfriend works at the restaurant told CBS that a group of masked men charged inside and fired multiple shots after forcing their way behind the counter.<\/p>\n Police investigate a shooting that broke out at a Chick-fil-A in Union, New Jersey on April 11, 2026. Christopher Sadowski for NY Post<\/p>\n One employee\u2019s family member said an altercation erupted that left multiple workers injured in the gunfire.<\/p>\n \u201cI heard the shots,\u201d a Lyft driver told WABC.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen i finished the trip I go to Chick-fil-A to buy two burgers \u2014 I see the police, I heard the shots very close.\u201d<\/p>\n One worker\u2019s father called the scene a \u201cwarzone.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s unclear how many people were injured or whether there are any casualties.<\/p>\n The horror unfolded just before 9 p.m. at the fast food chain\u2019s Route 22 location in Union, New Jersey, on April 11, 2026. Christopher Sadowski for NY Post<\/p>\n One employee\u2019s family member said an altercation erupted that left multiple workers injured in the gunfire. Christopher Sadowski for NY Post<\/p>\n A large police presence remains at the scene, with cops canvassing the parking lot and sealing off the area.<\/p>\n Authorities have not provided any details about the shooting.<\/p>\n The Union County Prosecutor\u2019s Office is reportedly handling the investigation.<\/p>\n The prosecutor\u2019s office and Chick-fil-A did not immediately respond to The Post\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n The investigation is ongoing.\u00a0<\/p>\n This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A shooting broke out inside a New Jersey Chick-fil-A Saturday night, leaving multiple people injured after a group…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194579,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[6596,7459,57,1066,9,11,10,3980,58],"class_list":["post-194578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-chick-fil-a","tag-mass-shootings","tag-metro","tag-new-jersey","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-shootings","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}