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A NORTH CAROLINA MAN IS FACING MULTIPLE FIRST-DEGREE MURDER CHARGES AFTER

A DEADLY MASS SHOOTING AT A RIVERSIDE RESTAURANT SATURDAY NIGHT.

[TAKE VO] {VO} THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AT AMERICAN FISH COMPANY IN

SOUTHPORT, NORTH CAROLINA. THE SUSPECT, 40-YEAR-OLD NIGEL MAX EDGE,

ALLEGEDLY PULLED UP TO THE RESTAURANT BY BOAT AND OPENED FIRE INTO A

CROWD—KILLING THREE PEOPLE AND INJURING AT LEAST EIGHT OTHERS. SOUTHPORT

POLICE CHIEF TODD CORING CONFIRMED EDGE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THREE

COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND FIVE COUNTS OF COMMON LAW ATTEMPTED

FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THE ATTACK WAS PREMEDITATED. THE

INVESTIGATION REMAINS ONGOING.