SOUTHPORT, N.C. — Chaplains with the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team arrived in Southport last night, bowing heads in prayer with those most impacted by the deadly shooting on Saturday. One of them said Southport is covered in sadness.

"There's grief in every corner of Southport right now," he said.

"You can feel the depression all around you," said Al New, chaplain coordinator for the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team.

After a former combat veteran, Nigel Edge, opened fire into a crowd at American Fish Company, a waterfront bar, killing three and injuring eight others — an event so tragic the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team deployed to help, including chaplain Al New.

"It's only a community of 3,000 people, but all 3,000 people, whether they were at the restaurant or not, they have

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