3 dead, 8 injured after gunman opens fire on crowd at dockside NC restaurant – suspect flees on vessel | 27 Sept 2025 | Numerous shots were fired from a passing boat into a crowded dockside North Carolina restaurant on Saturday night in a shooting that killed three people and left some eight injured, according to reports. Officials said the unidentified vessel pulled up to the American Fish Company restaurant in Southport Yacht Basin at around 9:30 p.m. and opened fire into the crowd of unsuspecting diners, according to the Star News. The boat then took off up the Intracoastal Waterway with no suspects having been captured as of 10:30 p.m., according to City Manager Noah Saldo, the Star News reported. Three people were killed and eight others were injured, the Star News reported, citing city officials.