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Nigel Max Edge

North Carolina prosecution of Nigel Max Edge in the 2025 Southport waterfront bar shooting.

Charged · allegations
last updated 8 October 2026 · 6 sources
Confirmed facts
10
Open questions
4
Deaths
3
Next hearing
7 Dec 2026
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Case file Nigel Max Edge, reference D C zero two zero one. According to the Associated Press, authorities alleged that on September twenty-seventh, twenty twenty-five, a person piloted a small motorboat to a dockside cocktail bar in Southport and fired a short-barreled semiautomatic rifle. The Associated Press, citing Southport Police Chief Todd Coring, reported that three people were killed and five were injured. The Associated Press reported that authorities said a person matching the suspect description was detained about half an hour later at an Oak Island ramp. CBS News and AP reported that Nigel Edge appeared in a North Carolina courtroom on September twenty-ninth, and a judge ordered him held without bond. AP reported the charges include three counts of first-degree murder, five counts of attempted murder, and five weapons-related assault counts. The charges are unproven allegations. AP reported that Judge Jason Disbrow later ordered psychiatric treatment after Edge was found to lack capacity to assist his lawyers. AP reported prosecutors said they would seek the death penalty, while saying that designation was not final. Open questions include whether Edge will be found competent, whether the capital designation will remain, what finding may be made about mental state, and the final confirmed injury count beyond the three deaths. This has been an automated reading of case file D C zero two zero one at developing case dot com. Every fact you heard names a public source.

Timeline of what's confirmed10 entries
27 September 2025
Authorities alleged that a person piloted a small motorboat to a dockside cocktail bar in Southport and fired a short-barreled semiautomatic rifle; AP reported the allegation in its account of the case.
AP
27 September 2025
Southport Police Chief Todd Coring said three people were killed and five were injured in the waterfront bar shooting.
AP, citing Southport Police Chief Todd Coring
27 September 2025
Authorities said a U.S. Coast Guard crew spotted a person matching the suspect description about half an hour later as a boat was being pulled from the water at an Oak Island ramp, and that person was detained and turned over to Southport police.
AP
29 September 2025
CBS/AP reported that Nigel Edge appeared in a North Carolina courtroom and a judge ordered him held without bond; CBS/AP reported that he was charged with murder, attempted murder and assault in connection with the shooting.
CBS News/AP
1 October 2025
The city identified the three people killed as Joy Rogers, 64, of Southport; Solomon Banjo, 36, of Charlottesville, Virginia; and Michael Durbin, 56, of Galena, Ohio.
AP
1 October 2025
AP reported that Edge had been charged with three counts of first-degree murder, five counts of attempted murder and five weapons-related assault counts; the charges are unproven allegations.
AP
7 April 2026
Superior Court Judge Jason Disbrow ordered Edge to undergo psychiatric treatment after it was determined he lacked capacity to understand the proceedings enough to assist his lawyers.
AP
7 April 2026
Brunswick County District Attorney Jon David said Edge would remain in custody during psychiatric treatment for an indeterminate period and that further litigation was suspended unless and until capacity was restored.
AP
7 October 2026
Brunswick County District Attorney Jon David announced that prosecutors would seek the death penalty against Edge while also saying the designation was not final and would be reassessed if evidence emerged about Edge’s sanity at the time of the offense or if he was never restored to capacity.
AP
7 December 2026
AP reported that Edge’s next hearing is scheduled for this date.
AP
Open questionsunconfirmed · not conclusions
Will Edge be found competent to proceed to trial?unconfirmed; AP reported competing positions from defense counsel and prosecutors about likely capacity restoration · unconfirmed
Will prosecutors maintain the capital designation through later proceedings?unconfirmed; AP reported the district attorney said the death-penalty decision was not final · unconfirmed
What finding, if any, will be made about Edge’s mental state at the time of the alleged offense?unconfirmed; AP reported the district attorney said sanity-related evidence could lead to reassessment · unconfirmed
What is the final confirmed injury count beyond the three deaths?unconfirmed; later AP/CBS case reporting describes five wounded, while an ABC News/AP wire result described at least eight injured · unconfirmed
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