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Nigel Edge, 40, is accused of opening fire with an assault rifle on Saturday night outside American Fish Company in Southport, N.C. in an attack that killed 3 people

Prosecutors say Edge initially planned to carry out his attack on Friday, Sept. 26, but abandoned the idea after being spotted on his boat

Dane Britt tells PEOPLE that his wife thwarted the attack when she saw Edge on his boat while she was filming container ships on Friday night outside the bar

Dane Britt and his his band were performing at American Fish Company in Southport, N.C. on Friday night when his wife wandered off to film some videos.

Britt tells PEOPLE that his wife has an affinity for container ships, so she took her phone and started to take videos of some of the large ships that often pass ju

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