The Daily Populous Sunday September 28th, 2025 day edition
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Someone on the boat opened fire on the American Fish company, an official said.

3 dead, 8 injured after shooter in boat opens fire on North Carolina waterfront bar: Official

PHOTO: An ambulance responds to an emergency call in an undated stock photo.

Three people were killed and eight others injured after a person on a boat fired shots at a waterfront bar in the coastal North Carolina city of Southport, a city spokeswoman told ABC News.

The shooting began at the Southport Yacht Basin at about 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, when someone on a boat coming up Cape Fear opened fire on the American Fish Company, an outdoor bar venue, said ChyAnn Ketchum, the city's public information officer. The boat then proceeded up the Intracoastal Waterway, she said.

The city posted a notice on its Facebook page warning of "reports of an active shooter" just before 10 p.m. along the waterfront, advising residents to avoid the area and stay in their homes.

"Shortly after 10:00 p.m., the U.S. Coast Guard observed a single individual matching the description of the shooter, loading their boat at the public boat ramp at NE 55th Street in Oak Island," Ketchum said in a statement.

She added," The Coast Guard crew detained this suspect, who is now being held by the Oak Island Police Department, and will be turned over to the Southport Police Department for questioning, with assistance from the State Bureau of Investigation."

Southport is a city of about 4,300 people near the mouth of the Cape Fear River.

hamknuckle on September 28th, 2025 at 04:49 UTC »

Separately from guns, as a society, we’ve done a miserable job teaching the value of life.

Iagut070 on September 28th, 2025 at 04:28 UTC »

Orem, Utah Dallas, Texas Brunswick County, North Carolina

These are all places that have recently have gun violence and murders on a scale like this. None of these places are deemed places that need the National Guard deployed due to their horribly unsafe violence. Hmm

twenafeesh on September 28th, 2025 at 04:23 UTC »

Don't worry, everyone! We sent the national guard to Portland to stop the violence!