North Carolina bar patron’s video may have foiled gunman night before deadly waterfront massacre: report
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A gunman accused of carrying out an ambush at a North Carolina waterfront restaurant, killing three people and wounding eight more, may have been thwarted the night before when a bar patron’s video captured him lurking in the water.

Authorities say Nigel Max Edge, 40, carried out a “highly premeditated” ambush Saturday night at the American Fish Company, a waterfront restaurant and bar in Southport. Police say Edge allegedly opened fire from a boat just off the deck, killing three people, including Joy Rogers, a recently retired mother of three.

But according to newly reviewed cellphone video, obtained by PEOPLE, the suspect may have first attempted the assault on Friday, during a performance by local musician Dane Britt.

Britt’s wife, according to PEOPLE, stepped outside during the concert to record a video when her camera captured a boat shrouded in darkness in the water.

People place flowers in front of the American Fish Company

People place flowers in front of the American Fish Company following a fatal shooting that occurred the night before, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, in Southport, N.C. (Chris Seward/AP Photo)

Family and friends are mourning the victims, including Rogers, who had recently moved to Southport from California to begin her retirement with her husband, Lennie. 

“She was a devoted wife, a loving mother and a friend to everyone she met,” her church community said in a statement.

Police Chief Todd Coring said Sunday that Edge has post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Coring said that he “self-identifies” as a veteran. Fox News Digital has reached out to the Department of Defense for comment. 

“We understand this suspect identifies as a combat veteran. He self-identifies. Injured in the line of duty is what he’s saying, he suffers from PTSD,” Coring said.

Joey Whitaker from Holden Beach plays "Amazing Grace" on the bagpipes in front of the American Fish Company

Joey Whitaker from Holden Beach plays “Amazing Grace” on the bagpipes in front of the American Fish Company following a fatal shooting that occurred here the night before, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, in Southport, N.C. (Chris Seward/AP Photo)

Court documents reviewed by Fox News Digital revealed that Edge espoused anti-LGBTQ conspiracy theories. He also accused his parents of being “LGBQT White Supremacist Pedophiles” who falsified his birth certificate, drugged him and tried to profit from him, while tying his alleged mistreatment to the Iraq War, the Abu Ghraib scandal and the Jeffrey Epstein case.

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