Three people were killed and five wounded in Southport, N.C., on Saturday night when police say a gunman attacked a bar from the water, driving his boat up alongside an open-air dock-front bar and opening fire.

Nigel Edge was arrested Saturday on charges including first-degree murder in what police are calling a premeditated attack.

The suspect fled the scene, motoring his boat toward the Intracoastal Waterway. Half an hour after the shooting, at 10 p.m., "the Coast Guard observed a single individual matching the description of the shooter loading their boat at a public boat ramp," said Southport Police Chief Todd Coring.

The attack took place at the American Fish Company, a bar and live-music venue. Police are asking anyone who witnessed the shooting to contact them.

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