SOUTHPORT, N.C. — Multiple law enforcement agencies are continuing a mass shooting investigation, and have a suspect detained, after shots were fired leaving multiple people dead and injured Saturday in Brunswick County.

According to the Town of Southport, officers were called around 9:30 p.m. to a shooting on the waterfront at the American Fish Company on Yacht Basin Drive. They found multiple injuries at the scene.

Their statement early Sunday morning said that prior to officers' arrival, a boat with a single occupant was traveling on the Cape Fear River before pausing outside of the restaurant. Officials said the person in the boat opened fire, killing three and injuring eight people. "The boat then fled the area, towards the Intracoastal Waterway in the direction of Oak Island," offi

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