Overview
- Jaheed Fields, 20, was arrested in Newark on Friday in connection with the Union Township Chick-fil-A shooting.
- Prosecutors charged Fields with first-degree murder, six counts of attempted murder, and multiple weapons offenses.
- The April 11 attack inside the Route 22 restaurant killed 23-year-old Malek Shepherd of New York City and injured six people with non-life-threatening wounds.
- Investigators have not disclosed a motive and say the case remains active after earlier indicating the shooting did not appear random.
- Witnesses described rapid gunfire inside a crowded dining room, and the county prosecutor condemned the act as brazen and an affront to public safety.