The North Carolina man faces multiple first-degree murder charges in connection with the September 27 shooting at a Riverside restaurant.
Police Chief will provide updates on shootings in Southport, North Carolina
Southport Police Chief Tod Coring will provide the latest information on active shooter situations that occurred in the yacht basin in Southport, North Carolina on Saturday, September 27, 2025.
SOUTHPORT, N.C. — North Carolina police charged the suspect in connection with a mass shooting in which at least eight people were injured in a bar along a river near the coast on Saturday, September 27th.
The shooting at the American Fish Company in Southport, North Carolina occurred around 9:30pm on September 27 when a gunman travelling by boat along Cape Fir River pulled up to a restaurant dock and fired on a crowd. The boat then fled the intracoastal waterway towards Oak Island.
Around 10pm, the U.S. Coast Guard detained someone who matched the description of the shooter who had pulled the boat out of the water on a public boat ramp about 12 miles from the restaurant where the shooting occurred, according to a press release from the police station.
The suspect, 40-year-old Nigel Max Edge, has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder and five counts of first-degree murder at Common Law, Southport Police Chief Todd Coring was confirmed on September 29.
Coring said early Sunday morning there was no longer a threat to the public, asking people to pray for the victims and their families
“Know that you are as safe as you can now,” he told the news conference, “It’s a very tragic night.
According to an archive of gun violence, there have been more than 320 mass shootings in the United States this year, killing at least four people. In 2024, there were mass shootings of 503.
