- Type: Mass shooting (from a boat)
- Casualties: 3 dead, 5 injured
- Shooter: Nigel Edge, 40, of Oak Island (in custody)
- Details:
- The attack occurred around 9:30 PM at the American Fish Company, a waterfront bar and live-music venue in Southport, North Carolina.
- The shooter, identified as Nigel Edge, drove a boat up to the open-air dock-front bar and opened fire on a crowd, killing three and wounding five others.
- The attack was described by law enforcement as “targeted” and “highly premeditated.”
- Edge fled by boat and was apprehended by the US Coast Guard about 12 miles away in Oak Island, North Carolina, while loading the boat onto a trailer at a public ramp.
- Victims are being treated in hospital. The motive is still under investigation.
Update (September 28, 2025):
Police have identified Nigel Edge, 40, of Oak Island, as the suspected shooter in the September 27, 2025 attack at the American Fish Company in Southport, North Carolina. Edge is accused of killing three people and injuring five others by opening fire from a boat into a crowd at the waterfront bar. Authorities described the attack as highly premeditated and targeted. Edge was apprehended by the Coast Guard shortly after the incident.
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