SOUTHPORT, N.C. (WNCN/AP) — A mass shooting that shattered the evening tranquility of a picturesque, seaside town in North Carolina was a “highly premeditated” attack that left three people dead and five injured, police said Sunday. The suspect in the attack from a boat on a waterfront bar was in custody.

Nigel Edge, 40, of Oak Island, is accused of opening fire Saturday night from a boat into a crowd gathered at the American Fish Company in Southport, a historic port town about 30 miles south of Wilmington, Southport Police Chief Todd Coring said.

At a press conference Sunday, Coring said the location was “targeted,” but he did not elaborate.

By Sunday evening, a vigil was held in Southport for the victims and their families. Some people placed flowers in an area near the shooting scen

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