Michael Durbin, 56, of Galena, Ohio, was one of three people killed in a mass shooting at the American Fish Company waterfront bar in Southport, North Carolina, on the night of September 27, 2025. Around 9:30 p.m. a lone gunman approached the dockside venue by boat on the Cape Fear River and opened fire into the crowd; three patrons died and several others were injured before the assailant fled toward the Intracoastal Waterway.

City officials later identified the other victims as Solomon Banjo, 36, of Charlottesville, Virginia, and Joy Rogers, 64, of Southport. Witnesses and officials described a rapid multiagency response from local police, the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office, and the U.S. Coast Guard. About thirty minutes after the shooting, Coast Guard personnel spotted a man matching the shooter’s description at a public boat ramp in Oak Island; that individual was detained and transferred into Southport police custody.

Authorities arrested 40-year-old Nigel Max Edge on charges including three counts of first-degree murder, five counts of attempted first-degree murder, and five counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury.

Did anyone who attended the bar that weekend or who has video from the waterfront come forward with images or information?