American Fish Company (Credit: public domain)
A gunman in a boat pulled up to the American Fish Company restaurant dock in the North Carolina coastal town of Southport’s Southport Yacht Basin Saturday night and opened fire.
The shooter killed three and wounded eight others according to a city official.
The shooter then escaped via the Intracoastal Waterway, however a person of interest was being interviewed according to a late update.
Nigel Max Edge was charged with three counts of first degree murder and five counts of attempted first degree murder. (Credit: Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office)
(…) The mass shooter was later apprehended by police.
Nigel Max Edge was arrested and charged with three counts of first degree murder and five counts of attempted first degree murder in Southport, NC.
Edge is a former Marine and Iraq War veteran who suffered a traumatic brain injury and was diagnosed with schizophrenia.
According to Channel 2 Now – the U.S. Coast Guard detained Nigel Max Edge at the NE 55th Street public boat ramp, taking him into custody without further incident. He is currently being held at the Brunswick County Jail without bond.
Nigel Max Edge has several disturbing and rambling posts on social media.
Via We the People:
Max changed his name from Sean DeBevoise and lived in Oak Island, NC.
1/6: 🚨 Nigel Max Edge, alleged Southport shooter, is ex-Marine vet (Sean DeBevoise). Injured in Iraq 2006, changed name. Lived in Oak Island, NC. GoFundMe for fishing boat amid health woes. #NigelEdge pic.twitter.com/62aSWdMMEh
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