{"id":196035,"date":"2026-04-13T21:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/196035\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T21:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:58:09","slug":"authorities-identify-nyc-man-killed-in-union-route-22-chick-fil-a-mass-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/196035\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities Identify NYC Man Killed in Union Route 22 Chick-fil-A Mass Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Union Township (Union)<\/a><\/p>\n

By: Richard L. Smith\u00a0<\/p>\n

Authorities have identified the victim killed in Saturday night\u2019s mass shooting at a Chick-fil-A, as investigators continue working to determine what led to the violence.
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According to information released by the Union County Prosecutor\u2019s Office and the Union Police Department, the victim has been identified as 23-year-old Malek Shepherd of New York City.
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Police were dispatched to the Route 22 restaurant at approximately 9 p.m. on Saturday, April 11, after receiving reports of a shooting.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Upon arrival, officers located seven individuals who had been struck by gunfire.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Shepherd, who officials said was a customer inside the establishment at the time, was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

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The six additional victims were transported to nearby hospitals, where they were treated for injuries that were not considered life-threatening.<\/p>\n

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Investigators have indicated that there is no active threat to the public at this time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, authorities continue to urge community members to remain alert as the investigation remains active.<\/p>\n

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The case is being led by the Union County Prosecutor\u2019s Office Homicide Task Force, with Union police dedicating significant resources to assist in the ongoing investigation, officials said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Union Township (Union) By: Richard L. Smith\u00a0 Authorities have identified the victim killed in Saturday night\u2019s mass shooting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-196035","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196035","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=196035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}