Active shooter attacks crowd from boat in Southport, North Carolina: three dead, six injured, suspect still at large

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The attack came from the water. A boat pulled up to the American Fish Company in Southport, North Carolina, and someone on board opened fire into a crowd. Three people are dead. Six are wounded. The shooter vanished into the harbor and remains at large. Police have no suspect, no motive, and no clue how one person could strike from a moving boat, kill multiple civilians, and disappear without a trace.

This was not a fight. It was not a robbery. It was a planned assault with military-like timing. The water gave the attacker a loophole. Patrol cars couldn’t follow. Helicopters weren’t ready. The Coast Guard wasn’t deployed. The gap let the shooter vanish.

“Chaos broke out at the Southport Yacht Basin Saturday night after shots were fired from a moving boat into a crowd of people near the American Fish Company restaurant.” https://thencbeat.com/southport-yacht-basin-active-shooter-boat/

City Manager Noah Saldo confirmed the details. The town’s emergency alert warned:

“There are reports of an active shooter in the Southport Yacht Basin… an unknown number of injuries… avoid the area and remain in your homes.” https://www.cbs17.com/news/north-carolina-news/police-respond-to-active-shooter-reports-at-north-carolina-coast-at-southport-yacht-basin/