Shooting at North Carolina restaurant: Three dead, eight injured

On the evening of September 27, a man opened fire at a restaurant in Southport, North Carolina. The suspect was arrested later that day. He was a combat veteran, according to New York Post.

The man who deliberately targeted a crowded beachfront restaurant in North Carolina for a mass shooting was a Purple Heart recipient and Marine who served in Iraq. He later changed his name and filed a series of lawsuits outlining conspiracy theories.

Nigel Edge, who changed his name from Sean DeBevoise in 2023, was arrested on the evening of September 27 for the fatal attack on the American Fish Company restaurant in Southport, about 40 kilometers south of Wilmington. Officials say he suddenly opened fire on patrons.

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According to authorities, three people were killed and eight were injured.

One of the injured, authorities reported on September 28, is "clinging to life." Officials say many of those who were at the restaurant the night before were from out of state.

According to court documents, 39-year-old Edge was carrying a shortened AR rifle with a silencer, folding stock, and telescopic sight.

The suspect, described by authorities as a "lone wolf," is charged with three counts of first-degree murder, five counts of attempted first-degree murder and five counts of assault with a deadly weapon.

The motive has not yet been established, police said.

However, documents show that Edge filed several bizarre lawsuits in North Carolina this year, including one accusing a Southport church of trying to kill him.

The lawsuit, filed in May, alleged that Generations Church was behind a "civil conspiracy" orchestrated by the LGBTQ community and "white supremacist pedophiles" to kill Edge because he is a "straight man." (White supremacist pedophiles are people who simultaneously hold racial and national superiority views and commit sexual crimes against minors. – Note.)

In January, Edge filed a similar lawsuit against Brunswick Medical Center, accusing it of a conspiracy by "LGBTQ white supremacists" who he claimed wanted to kill him for surviving their attack in Iraq.

Both suits were dismissed with final judgment, according to court records.

The outrageous claims in the lawsuits echo those in Edge's book, written when he was still called Sean DeBevoise, "Headshot: Betrayal of a Nation," in which the author claims he was shot four times, including in the head, by "friendly fire" as part of an international conspiracy.

He claims to have served in the US Marine Corps, was deployed to Haiti, then twice to Iraq, where he found himself at the center of a conspiracy.

The Marine said he was wounded twice by IEDs while serving in Iraq in 2006 and also suffered a gunshot wound that left shrapnel in his head.

A U.S. military spokesman confirmed that Edge served in the Marine Corps from 2003 to 2009, serving in Iraq in 2005 and 2006.

During his service, he received a number of honorary awards. These included the Purple Heart, the Marine Corps Meritorious Service Medal, the Iraq War Medal (with two Bronze Stars), the Humanitarian Service Medal, the Expeditionary Force Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Medal, and the National Defense Medal. He also received two ribbons—one for combat and one for service abroad.

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North Carolina authorities said Edge is a combat veteran believed to be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

He previously appeared on the red carpet with American Idol star Kellie Pickler at the 2012 Country Music Awards.

After the mass shooting, police said the shooter quickly fled and was seen attempting to board a boat near the Oak Island Marina around 10 p.m.

He was arrested by the US Coast Guard.

Edge is being held without bail in the Brunswick County Detention Center and is scheduled to appear in court on September 29.

Southport Police Chief Todd Coring said the investigation is ongoing.

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