Overview

• Authorities say Nigel Edge, formerly known as Sean DeBevoise, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder after the American Fish Company attack in Southport, North Carolina.
• Edge is being held without bond at the Brunswick County Detention Center, according to reports citing court and law-enforcement information.
• Southport’s police chief said the gunman acted alone in a targeted assault, and investigators have not identified a motive.
• Coverage has resurfaced Edge’s public appearance as Kellie Pickler’s date at the 2012 CMT Music Awards and a February 2025 lawsuit in which he alleged she tried to poison him, an unproven claim reported from court filings.
• Recent court records show Edge pursued multiple lawsuits alleging wide-ranging conspiracies, with a judge calling some assertions delusional and at least two suits dismissed with prejudice; reports also describe an AR‑style short‑barrel rifle with a suppressor used in the attack.