Nigel Max Edge, Oak Island, North Carolina man charged in Southport, North Carolina mass shooting that left 3 dead and five injured.
A 40-year-old Oak Island, North Carolina man was charged early Sunday morning with the Southport Yacht Basin shooting, which left three people dead and five injured (down from eight), with the suspect facing 13 felony charges, including first-degree murder and attempted murder.

Nigel Max Edge, 40, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder, five counts of attempted first-degree murder, and five counts of assault with a deadly weapon with the intent to kill or cause serious injury. 

Nigel Max Edge was previously Sean William DeBevoise, a military veteran.

According to warrants obtained by the North Carolina Beat, Edge used a short-barrel AR rifle with a suppressor, folding stock, and sight during the incident.

He is currently being held without bond at the Brunswick County Jail.

Nigel Edge was previously known as Sean William DeBevoise, a United States Marine Corps veteran who changed his name in November 2023, according to North Carolina court records.

According to the warrants, Edge's address is NW 10th Street in Oak Island. Google Images of his residence on that street include a photo of a boat with the words 'Game On' painted on the side near the bow.
Pictured left side, the single engine boat used in the Southport N.C shooting and the one Sean William DeBevoise went on to buy, a near identical match. 

 Former vet accused the military of betraying him in self published Amazon book

Public records and social media show Nigel Edge filing multiple lawsuits, rallying against perceived conspiracies (e.g., a “white supremacist LGBTQ pedophile ring” targeting him), and self-published a book titled ‘Headshot-Betrayal of a Nation (Truth Hurts)’ on Amazon in 2020 under the name of Sean William DeBevoise.

Reads a description in part on Amazon: ‘After the attacks of 9/11, Sean knew that his only course of action was to serve his country. Joining the Marines, he found a mental and physical challenge that he planned to excel at. Although he sensed the behavior and many things said by fellow Marines to be disturbing, he willingly deployed to Iraq where he encountered a war-zone that would rip his body to shreds. Taking four bullets including one to the head, Sean’s life would never be the same, but it was the fact that all of this was at the hand of friendly fire that would provide the most crippling mental damage.’

‘Sean killed insurgents on that fateful day when he was locked in a warehouse and left to die by his own men. Returning home, the nightmare seemed to become even more horrifying. Although he has worked tirelessly to recover the use of his body and to reclaim his life from those who did everything in their power to take it from him, he still grapples with a mysterious story that the US military doesn’t want you to know.’
 

Former military vet filed series of bizarre lawsuits before Southport. N.C shooting


Nigel Max Edge’s lawsuits, like 7:2024cv01086, allege a conspiracy tied to events like the Iraq War, Abu Ghraib which which the plaintiff claims was derived from an Epstein p*do ring run by the authorities responsible for the “Attacks on 9/11”.

The allegation that the United States was responsible for human rights violations in connection with the treatment of Iraqi prisoners during the Abu Ghraib Scandal.

Other claims include civil rights violations under §1983: cruel punishment (Eighth Amendment), unlawful searches (Fourth), due process failures (Fourteenth), plus hate crimes, human trafficking, attempted murder (alleged poisoning on multiple occasions), being kidnapped, drugged, tortured, and suffering slander. Specifics involve family falsifying his birth certificate, police poisoning/harassment, and military hate crimes. Many claims were dismissed for failing to state a claim or lack of jurisdiction.

His most recent lawsuit was filed on July 25th, against Novant Heath Brunswick Medical Center and Dr. Tighe and Theressa Long, titled, ‘Petition For Writ of Certiorari,’ citing aggrieved LGBT themes.

The suits blame doctors, LBGTQ code in purposely hindering his medical care along with hindering his legal justice.

There have been more than 320 mass shootings in the United States this year, in which at least four people have been killed, according to the Gun Violence Archive. In 2024, 503 mass shootings occurred. 

Nigel Max Edge aka Sean William Debovoise former military vet identified as Southport N.C shooting gunman suspect.