A former Marine who once escorted singer Kellie Pickler to the CMT Awards was identified as the suspect arrested in relation to a deadly shooting at a popular dockside restaurant in North Carolina .

Nigel Edge , 39, who changed his name from Sean DeBevoise in 2023, was identified as a combat veteran allegedly suffering from PTSD when he was detained by authorities on Saturday (September 27) in relation to the shooting that resulted in three deaths and five injuries. Edge reportedly pulled up to the American Fish Company restaurant and shot into a crowd of unsuspecting diners at around 9:30 p.m. local time before taking off up the Intracoastal Waterway.

Edge, along with his service dog, Rusty , escorted Pickler to the CMT Awards in his full Marine uniform as her special date in

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