Police: Deadly shooting in North Carolina was 'highly premeditated' and location was 'targeted'
Source: AP
Updated 2:50 PM CDT, September 28, 2025
SOUTHPORT, N.C. (AP) A mass shooting that shattered the evening tranquility of a picturesque, seaside town in North Carolina was a highly premeditated attack that left three people dead and five injured, police said Sunday. The suspect who allegedly carried out the attack on a waterfront bar was in custody.
Nigel Edge, 40, of Oak Island is accused of opening fire Saturday night from a boat into a crowd gathered at the American Fish Company in Southport, a historic port town about 30 miles (48 kilometers) south of Wilmington, Police Chief Todd Coring said.
At a press conference Sunday, Coring said the location was targeted, but he did not elaborate.
Authorities said Edge piloted a small boat close to shore, which was lined with bars and restaurants, stopped briefly and fired. He then sped away.
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BlueWaveNeverEnd
(11,360 posts)Ocelot II
(127,439 posts)He recently filed a lawsuit (which was quickly dismissed, for obvious reasons) alleging all manner of bizarre conspiracies: As the court explained in the order dismissing the case:
Under the heading Criminal Investigative Division, Camp Lejeune, NC (Sean Mandall), plaintiff alleges, inter alia: The Plaintiff did not even know existed until a couple years ago, all while the Plaintiff has been saying something was wrong since surviving my wounds from Iraq; where on the most official mission of my career the U.S. Marine Corp murdered the other man (Corpsman) and attempted to murder me as a (Hate Crime) locally and lead by the Abu Ghraib Scandal where the U.S. Government was performing a genocide against straight men by the LGBQT Community running the prison and murdering, torturing/trafficking Iraqi prisoners to fight (Id.). He further states I only survived because they thought I was dead, and I was sent home as a drug mule (in my abdomen) in a body bag and branded with a letter A on my head. (Id.). Under the heading Federal Bureau of Investigation, plaintiff alleges, inter alia, As observed on my false birth certificate I was born in Suffern NY which Translates to a U.S. Firm for NE, the plaintiff is a NE, the Plaintiff is still being trafficked by corrupt authorities taking bribes, and These wrongdoings are obvious once LGBQT language is discovered and motive uncovered.
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/north-carolina/ncedce/7:2024cv01086/214391/93/
He appealed the dismissal and the dismissal was upheld by the appellate court in June.
But the GOP and Trump think it's just fine for mentally ill people to have guns.
tanyev
(47,898 posts)They want to blame lots of mass shootings on mental illness, but they dont want to anything to help people with mental illness and they SURE dont want to do one damn thing to make it harder for someone with mental illness to get their hands on a gun.
yardwork
(68,147 posts)Warpy
(113,955 posts)who thought shooting a bunch of people he likely didn't even know would make him feel better.
Old Crank
(6,259 posts)Charlie would have been proud.
GOP are killing us, literally.