Overview

• Authorities charged Nigel Max Edge, 40, with three counts of first-degree murder after he allegedly fired from a boat into a crowd at a Southport, North Carolina waterfront restaurant.
• Across the two attacks in North Carolina and Michigan, reporting counts at least seven dead and thirteen wounded.
• Officials say Edge used a short-barrel AR-style rifle with a suppressor, leaving three dead and at least eight injured in the Southport shooting.
• In Michigan, a gunman targeted a Latter-day Saints congregation and the church was burned, with coverage describing a virulent anti-Mormon motive under examination.
• Court filings show Edge filed multiple 2025 lawsuits alleging sweeping conspiracies, while public records tie the Michigan suspect, identified as Thomas Sanford in coverage, to pro-Trump imagery; both suspects are reported as military veterans.