(WTAJ) -- A mass shooting at The American Fish Company in Southport, North Carolina, over the weekend left three people dead and five others injured, including a business owner from Blair County.

Police have identified the shooter as Nigel Edge, a decorated Marine combat veteran and Purple Heart recipient, who allegedly carried out a 'highly premeditated' attack by opening fire with an assault rifle from a boat.

"Nobody thinks that it can happen; we all think that it will never happen to us. But to experience that tragedy, it was insane," Tammy Huff, an Altoona native who was injured in the shooting, said.

Tammy Huff was celebrating her birthday at the bar with friends when the shooting occurred. She described the night as starting with laughter and dancing before turning into a nightma

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