Three people were killed and at least eight more suffered injuries in a mass shooting in Southport, North Carolina, on Saturday night, authorities said.

Authorities said they quickly arrested a person of interest.

Gunshots emanated from a boat that was sailing past the American Fish Company, a waterfront bar and restaurant along the Cape Fear River, according to city officials. The suspected shooter briefly stopped the boat in front of the riverside establishment at around 9:30 p.m. ET, and proceeded to open fire into a crowd of patrons, they said.

The shooter fled the scene by boat and headed toward Oak Island, another coastal town not far from Southport, and was later arrested as a person of interest. Officials said the U.S. Coast Guard located someone who matched the shooter's descri

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