NC, Southport, reports of a mass shooting at Southport Yacht Basin, September 27th 2025.

[Inthedetails]

That sounds lovely.

The area will come back from this, I promise. It sounds like a place I'd like to visit.

100% agree. I live in Manhattan, and the downtown area came back after 9/11 (even better than ever, tbh).

jmopinion

 

[Justice101]

It will be interesting to see A) if it was a legal gun (which it probably was) and 2) when it was purchased.

Shouldn't there be some kind of legal record of a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia? Or are the gun laws so lax in North Carolina that basically anyone that is not a convicted felon can buy one?

 

[Shanny964]

What's up with his 2 names??

He changed his given name Sean Debevoise, to Nigel Edge in 2023 as he said he could not trust his family, most likely due to the PTS and delusions he has been facing. He was shot 4 times and left to die, as a Marine Sgt. He apparently was a Purple Heart recipient.

 

[justtrish]

Because he's out of touch with reality, imo.

jmopinion

Yes exactly, but I think it might also tell us something about how his mental health declined over the years. Something was causing him to go back and start fixating on things from the past like that event he attended. I am curious if he told anyone he thought he was poisoned after that night in the days/weeks after or did this not come up until recently when he started saying all the other things.

Edited to add: I see the post about his name change in 2023, so it seems maybe the key timeframe is somewhere in 2022-2023 and maybe he had some increasing or worsening issues that caused the name change and all the court cases.

 

[rsteen]

Yes exactly, but I think it might also tell us something about how his mental health declined over the years. Something was causing him to go back and start fixating on things from the past like that event he attended. I am curious if he told anyone he thought he was poisoned after that night in the days/weeks after or did this not come up until recently when he started saying all the other things.

Edited to add: I see the post about his name change in 2023, so it seems maybe the key timeframe is somewhere in 2022-2023 and maybe he had some increasing or worsening issues that caused the name change and all the court cases.

Post-covid/lockdowns perhaps? Perhaps he was unable to access treatment during the pandemic and fell deeper and deeper into his delusions.

 

[justtrish]

Post-covid/lockdowns perhaps? Perhaps he was unable to access treatment during the pandemic and fell deeper and deeper into his delusions.

GREAT point! I think this could be a contributing factor. I know it's also a time when conspiracies ran wild. I think too much time home and nothing to do really did a number on people. So, if he was starting to go down a darker path and then COVID hits and he's suddenly got life upended in other ways I can definitely see it making all the conspiracy ideas run wild. IMO

 

[cujenn81]

It will be interesting to see A) if it was a legal gun (which it probably was) and 2) when it was purchased.

Shouldn't there be some kind of legal record of a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia? Or are the gun laws so lax in North Carolina that basically anyone that is not a convicted felon can buy one?

I haven’t seen anything to suggest he’s been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. I’ve only seen PTSD and his TBI referenced.

As far as gun laws and mental illness are concerned, only those who have been involuntarily committed to a mental facility via court order or declared insane by a judge (e.g., conservatorship) are added to the national database. All authorized gun dealers are required to run a background check regardless of the state, but not all guns are purchased from authorized dealers. He may have inherited the gun or purchased it from a private dealer. NC doesn’t require a permit to buy a gun and gun owners aren’t required to register their guns.

 

[vls12345]

https://www.cbs17.com/news/north-carolina-news/we-grieve-deeply-southport-mourns-mass-shooting-as-prayers-support-offered-to-families/

 

[vls12345]

SOUTHPORT STRONG: Hundreds gather to honor victims of Southport deadly mass shooting

On Sept. 27, the Southport Police Department (SPD) responded to a shooting at American Fish Company that left three people dead and at least eight injured.

www.wect.com

 

[vls12345]

'You see it in the movies': Man shares harrowing experience of witnessing Southport shooting

The husband of one of the people killed in a shooting in Southport said his wife was devoted to her family and a supportive mother to three children. A man who witnessed the shooting shared how scary it was to go through.

www.wral.com

 

[vls12345]

2025 Southport shooting - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Justice101]

I haven’t seen anything to suggest he’s been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. I’ve only seen PTSD and his TBI referenced.

As far as gun laws and mental illness are concerned, only those who have been involuntarily committed to a mental facility via court order or declared insane by a judge (e.g., conservatorship) are added to the national database. All authorized gun dealers are required to run a background check regardless of the state, but not all guns are purchased from authorized dealers. He may have inherited the gun or purchased it from a private dealer. NC doesn’t require a permit to buy a gun and gun owners aren’t required to register their guns.

It was reported fairly early although I cannot find the source other than AI....

"
Yes, Nigel Edge was reportedly diagnosed with schizophrenia. According to news reports and public records following his involvement in a mass shooting, he received the diagnosis after sustaining a severe traumatic brain injury during his military service in Iraq.
Key details about his mental health:

• Military service and injury: Edge, who legally changed his name from Sean William DeBevoise, was a Marine sniper who served in Iraq. He sustained a traumatic brain injury from a gunshot wound to the head in 2006.
• Diagnosis and symptoms: Reports indicate that following his injury, he was diagnosed with schizophrenia and experienced disordered and delusional thinking. His ex-wife stated that after returning from war, he became delusional and immersed himself in conspiracy theories.
• Delusional beliefs: Online posts and court records show he became increasingly consumed by conspiracy theories. He claimed he was being targeted by a "white supremacist LGBTQ paedophile ring" and filed numerous lawsuits against individuals and institutions, including his own parents."

 

[Serononin]

I haven’t seen anything to suggest he’s been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. I’ve only seen PTSD and his TBI referenced.

As far as gun laws and mental illness are concerned, only those who have been involuntarily committed to a mental facility via court order or declared insane by a judge (e.g., conservatorship) are added to the national database. All authorized gun dealers are required to run a background check regardless of the state, but not all guns are purchased from authorized dealers. He may have inherited the gun or purchased it from a private dealer. NC doesn’t require a permit to buy a gun and gun owners aren’t required to register their guns.

We also don't know when he purchased the gun, if he was the one to buy it. Assuming you can buy a gun at 18 (I'm not American so not sure what the specific laws are), he potentially could've had it for over 20 years