A terrible story is unfolding in the city of Southport, North Carolina, Saturday night as a gunman from a boat aimed fire at a dockside eatery—the American Fish Company—killing as many as three and injuring numerous other victims.
Information is still coming out as of this writing, but it is a disturbing scene:
The attacker fled up the Intracoastal Waterway toward Oak Island. Police, SBI, ATF, and Brunswick County officials are leading a massive manhunt.
Authorities urge anyone with information to contact Southport Police at 910-457-7911.
Although details are scant, here’s what we know at this hour:
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.
Officials said the unidentified vessel pulled up to the American Fish Company restaurant in Southport Yacht Basin at around 9:30 p.m. and opened fire into the crowd of unsuspecting diners, according to the Star News.
The boat then took off up the Intracoastal Waterway with no suspects having been captured as of 10:30 p.m., according to City Manager Noah Saldo, the Star News reported.