3 dead, 8 injured after gunman on boat opens fire on crowd at dockside NC restaurant — person of interest detained

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3 dead, 8 injured after gunman on boat opens fire on crowd at dockside NC restaurant — person of interest detained

Numerous shots were fired from a passing boat into a dockside North Carolina restaurant on Saturday night in a shooting that killed three people and injured multiple others, according to reports.

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3 dead, 8 injured after gunman on boat opens fire on crowd at dockside NC restaurant — person of interest detained​

By
Shane Galvin and
Nicholas McEntyre



Published Sep. 27, 2025

Updated Sep. 28, 2025, 2:38 a.m. ET











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Three people were killed and eight were injured when a gunman fired numerous shots from a passing boat into a crowded dockside North Carolina restaurant on Saturday night.

Officials said the unidentified boater pulled up to the American Fish Company restaurant in Southport Yacht Basin, about 30 miles south of Wilmington, and opened fire into the crowd of unsuspecting diners at around 9:30 p.m.

The boater then took off up the Intracoastal Waterway before a person matching the shooter’s description was spotted loading the vessel at a marina on Oak Island, approximately 5 miles west of the scene, at around 10 p.m., according to Southport city officials.

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The Southport Yacht Basin, where a shooting took place in North Carolina on Sept. 27, 2025. Spearfishing Capital/X
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The shooting broke out at the American Fish Company at around 9:30 p.m. on Sept. 27, 2025. AMERICAN FISH CO/facebook

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Three people were killed and eight others were injured at the scene, according to the City of Southport Police Department.

The US Coast Guard detained the person of interest, who is being held by Oak Island police, awaiting transfer back to Southport for questioning.