'Highly premeditated' attack at North Carolina waterfront bar leaves 3 dead and 5 wounded

SOUTHPORT, N.C. — A lone gunman killed three people and injured five others at a packed North Carolina waterfront bar late Saturday in what police described as a “highly premeditated” attack

SOUTHPORT, N.C. — A lone gunman killed three people and injured five others at a packed North Carolina waterfront bar late Saturday in what police described as a “highly premeditated” attack.

Nigel Max Edge, 40, was detained by the Coast Guard and charged with three counts of first-degree murder, five counts of attempted murder and five counts of assault with a deadly weapon on Sunday morning. Court records do not list an attorney for Edge, and jail records show he remains in custody without bond.

Southport Police Chief Todd Coring said that officers were dispatched to the American Fish Company at around 9:30 p.m. on Saturday night. According to reports, the shots came from a boat in the waterway outside of the bar.

“He acted alone,” Coring told reporters Sunday morning. “This is highly premeditated, from what we’re seeing at this time, and we feel there are no other threats to our community.”

The three people killed were not publicly identified.