SOUTHPORT, N.C. (WNCN) — Three people are dead and at least eight are injured after someone aboard a boat opened fire into a crowd at a waterfront bar in Southport, North Carolina, on Saturday, according to authorities.

Authorities were called around 9:30 p.m. to a shooting on the waterfront at the American Fish Company in Southport, located about 30 miles south of Wilmington. City officials said officers found multiple people with injuries at the scene.

Before officers arrived, a boat with a single occupant traveling on the Cape Fear River paused outside of the restaurant, authorities said Sunday. The boater allegedly opened fire into a crowd on land, killing three and injuring at least eight.

"The boat then fled the area, towards the Intracoastal Waterway in the direction of Oak Islan

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