3 dead and several injured as the shot draws from a boat in a bar by the northern Caroline water

Three people were killed and several others were injured when someone on a boat opened fire on the customers of a restaurant by the water in a North Carolina Marina on Saturday evening, officials announced.

The boat stopped in front of the American Fish Company of the Southport Yacht Basin and a shooter opened fire, said Chyann Ketchum, spokesperson for the city of Southport.

Southport police chief Todd Coring said that “perhaps six” injured were treated in hospitals. The details on their conditions were not available. The city initially said that eight people had been injured.

The three people killed were not identified publicly early on Sunday.

The shooter fled to the adjacent intracoastal navigable track, Ketchum said. The boat may have headed for the neighboring community of Oak Island, where the authorities were continuing their investigation, said Coring.

A person of interest was questioned on Saturday evening, said the police chief.

Oak Island said in a statement that an American Coast Guard crew held a person corresponding to the drawer’s description after having spotted him by loading a boat in a public ramp in the city.

Although a reason is unavailable, carroting sought to reassure residents that violence was over.

“I am comfortable saying that we do not think there are additional threats to the community,” he said.

The previous report of an active shooter at the Marina sparked an answer to the police. The city of Southport in a statement had urged people in the region to “stay at home” and report any suspicious person to the authorities via 911.

The Burnswick County Sheriff’s Bureau said it was one of the multiple law enforcement agencies that responded to the incident.

“Please keep all those affected, as well as our first stakeholders, in your thoughts and prayers,” said the sheriff’s office.

The Coring said that the FBI and the Federal Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were investigating.

“We are a small community, one of the communities where everyone knows everyone,” said the chief. “It’s just a very tragic night.”

The yacht basin exists in the southeast corner of the state “where the intracoastal navigable track, the Cape Fear river and the” convergent “Atlantic Ocean, according to the organization of state tourism visits North Carolina. The basin is bordered by restaurants, he says.