The Southport community is rallying together after Saturday night’s mass shooting, with a fundraiser planned to support the American Fish Company family.

According to ABC affiliate WWAY, Lennie Rogers said his wife Joy Rogers, 64, died in the shooting Saturday night. The couple moved to the coast about a year ago from California. Both were at the American Fish Company when shots were fired. In a statement obtained by WWAY, the Rogers family said:

A Saturday night shooting outside a popular waterfront restaurant in Southport left three people dead and several others injured, according to local officials.

This announcement comes after Southport Police announced the arrest of Nigel Edge in connection with the deadly shooting.

Two Southport businesses are closing their doors indefinitely following Saturday night’s deadly mass shooting.

The governor spoke hours after the alleged shooter, a military veteran who was shot in Iraq, made his first court appearance on murder charges.

Three people were killed Saturday, Sept. 27 in a shooting in Southport. Officials also said multiple people were taken to local hospitals with injuries.

An Oak Island man accused of killing three people in a mass shooting at a Southport bar over the weekend is a combat veteran who says he suffers from PTSD, according to Southport police.

A magistrates order says that Nigel Edge, 40, has been charged by Southport Police with 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.

A suspect in a shooting that killed three and injured several others was once an escort for NC country singer Kellie Pickler from "American Idol."