Active shooter on boat injures a crowd at Southport restaurant

An active shooter opened fire from a boat into a crowd at a waterfront restaurant in Southport, North Carolina, late Saturday, injuring an undetermined number of people and prompting a law enforcement search of the area, officials said. The city issued an alert at about 9:53 p.m. on Sept. 27 warning residents to avoid the Southport Yacht Basin and remain in their homes after reports of gunfire near the American Fish Company restaurant.

City Manager Noah Saldo said a vessel pulled up to the restaurant dock, someone aboard fired into the crowd and the boat then fled the scene. Emergency responders transported an unknown number of people to hospitals, he said, and as of about 10:30 p.m. the suspect had not been captured. Town officials asked anyone with information to call 911 and to report suspicious activity.

Local officials said multiple agencies responded to the scene and that the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office was assisting the City of Southport Police Department in the investigation. Video posted on social media showed multiple police vehicles with flashing lights converging on the marina. A town alert read, "There are reports of an active shooter in the Southport Yacht...