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| At least 3 dead, 8 wounded after boat opens fire on marina restaurant known as tourist hotspot UPDATE: Got ‘im! | |||
| 2025-09-28 | |||
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Three people have been killed and eight were injured after a boat pulled up to a North Carolina tourist spot and opened fire. The shooting took place between 9pm and 10pm on Saturday night. A boat paused in the marina near the American Fish Company in Southport, NC and a person on board fired into the crowd at the pub. The shooter then fled the scene on the water using the Intracoastal Waterway toward Oak Island. Town officials issued an urgent warning to locals to avoid the area and remain in their homes. They wrote in a Facebook post just before 10pm: 'There are reports of an active shooter in the Southport Yacht Basin. 'There is an unknown number of injuries. Avoid the area and remain in your homes. 'Please report any suspicious activity immediately to 911.' The boat was described as a 'white center console boat.' The Brunswick County Sheriff's Office confirmed on social media that they were assisting the city of Southport with the incident. They were one of multiple law enforcement agencies responding. As of 11.30pm a person of interest was being questioned, according to Star News, but no one is in custody. Southport, NC is about 30 miles south of Wilmington, NC on the Cape Fear River. The yacht basin from which the suspect fired is on the southeastern corner of the state, 'where the Intracoastal Waterway, Cape Fear River and Atlantic Ocean converge,' according to NBC. American Fish Company boasts itself as one of the neighborhoods 'favorite hangouts.' On Saturdays their live band Bacon Grease takes the stage from 7pm to 10pm. The restaurant is one of many that line the marina.
The US Coast Guard detained the person of interest, who is being held by Oak Island police, awaiting transfer back to Southport for questioning. Officials didn’t release the identity of the person of interest or reveal any motivation behind the deadly shooting.
Nigel Edge, 39, was taken into custody Saturday night. Edge identifies as a combat veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder, according to police. Edge, who cops described as a 'lone wolf' in the incident, was armed with an assault rifle, police said Sunday in a press conference. Other firearms were also found in his vehicle. He faces three counts of first-degree murder, five counts of attempted first-degree murder and five counts of assault with a deadly weapon. Edge, who resides in Oak Island and is 'familiar' among the local police department, is being held without bond. He will make his first court appearance Monday. The motive behind the attack remains unclear. The deceased victims have not been identified and at least one of the survivors is in critical condition, officials said. 'Sadly, a lot of the victims in this case appear to be not members of the community, but people who are here on vacation,' District Attorney John David said. The shooter was the lone occupant of the boat. According to records obtained by the Daily Mail, Edge has been behind numerous lawsuits filed in the state this year. One of the legal filings accuses a Southport church of trying to kill him, according to the lawsuit filed in May. In it, he claimed the Generations Church was behind a 'civil conspiracy' drawn up by the LGBTQ community and white supremacist pedophiles to kill him because he is a 'straight man,' the filing said. Edge filed a similar lawsuit in January against Brunswick Medical Center, where he accused the facility of being part of a conspiracy launched by 'LGBTQ White Supremacists' who were this time out to get him because he survived their attack in Iraq, per the lawsuit. Both lawsuits were dismissed with prejudice, records showed.
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