GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - Saturday’s mass shooting at a waterfront restaurant in Southport, which took the lives of 3 and injured 5, has left many communities across the east in grief.

Nigel Edge, a former Camp Lejeune Marine, is accused of opening fire at the American Fish Company Saturday night.

The 40-year-old Edge is an Iraqi war combat veteran who says he suffers from PTSD.

At a press conference on Monday in Southport, Gov. Josh Stein voiced how the states mental health system is broken and in need of fixing.

Mental health experts say the impact of mass violence can reach far beyond the people at the scene.

“The body carries the weight,” Chris Gill, a psychotherapist with Life Spring Counseling said. “The mind carries the weight from being able to hear those stories. Even thoug

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