SOUTHPORT, N.C. (WNCN) -- Gov. Josh Stein wants to see North Carolina adopt red flag laws after a mass shooting in Southport over the weekend killed three people.

“We must do more to prevent these acts of violence; it has to be our top priority,” Stein said while in Southport on Monday.

On Saturday night, police say Nigel Edge opened fire at the American Fish Company from a boat, killing three people and injuring five more.

Stein and local law enforcement are still investigating the suspect’s history and mental health, but the governor has concerns about guns getting into the hands of people who are potentially going through a crisis.

“There are too many people who are profoundly troubled who are obsessed, whose paranoia gets stoked by what they read on the Internet every day, and we’v

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