This weekend's mass shooting in Southport highlights the need for stronger mental health care, Gov. Josh Stein said Monday at a press conference with local police and community leaders, as well as potentially new gun laws.

The alleged shooter , 40-year-old Nigel Edge, is a Marine Corps veteran who twice deployed to Iraq before leaving the military in 2009. He later moved to Oak Island, a beach town not far from where he's accused of killing three people and injuring five others Saturday night.

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Earlier this year, Edge was barred from filing any more lawsuits in Brunswick County without permission, after suing various local individuals, government agencies, a church and a hospital with allegations that included mentions of assassination plots, child trafficking,

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