Overview

• Nigel Max Edge, 40, is being held without bond on three counts of first-degree murder, five counts of attempted first-degree murder, and five counts of assault with a deadly weapon.
• Investigators say a lone boater stopped outside the American Fish Company around 9:30 p.m., opened fire into the crowd, and fled before the U.S. Coast Guard detained a suspect at an Oak Island ramp shortly after 10 p.m.
• Authorities characterize the incident as planned and targeted, and prosecutors said Edge’s first court appearance is set for Monday.
• Officials confirm three fatalities and now report five injured after initially citing eight, with at least one victim in critical condition.
• Multiple agencies including Southport Police, the North Carolina SBI, and the Coast Guard are leading the probe; victims’ names have not been released, the bar has closed indefinitely, and officials report no ongoing credible threat.