Three people were killed and at least five more suffered injuries in a mass shooting in Southport, North Carolina, on Saturday night, authorities said.
Authorities quickly arrested a person of interest, Nigel Max Edge, a resident of the nearby town of Oak Island, according to police in the town and in Southport. At a news conference Sunday morning, Southport Police Chief Todd Coring said their investigation so far suggests the shooting was “highly premeditated.”
From a boat that he briefly parked outside of the American Fish Company, a waterfront bar and restaurant along the Cape Fear River, the shooter opened fire at around 9:30 p.m. ET Saturday into a crowd of patrons at the Southport establishment, according to city officials. He proceeded to flee the scene by boat and headed toward Oak Island, where U.S. Coast Guard crews found and detained him, Coring said…