In the early hours on the morning of June 8, 2017, employees at a Weis Markets supermarket in Eaton Township, Pennsylvania, United States, were stocking and closing the store for the night.

[3] As of the census[5] of 2010, there were 1,519 people, 630 households, and 437 families residing in the township.

There were 774 housing units at an average density of 21.5/sq mi (8.4/km2).

There were 630 households, out of which 26.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.6% were married couples living together, 8.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.6% were non-families.

26.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.