1 October 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CITY OF SOUTHPORT
Shooting Victims Identified
Contact:
ChyAnn Ketchum, Public Information Officer
910-269-7300 C | 910-457-7927 ext. 1040 O
Southport, NC – On Saturday, September 27, 2025, at approximately 9:30 PM, members of the Southport Police Department were dispatched to calls of shots fired with multiple injuries at the American Fish Company, located at 150 Yacht Basin Dr, Southport, NC 28461.
A boat with a single occupant opened fire on American Fish Company, fatally wounding three patrons. The fatally wounded victims have been identified below:
- Solomon Banjo, 36, Charlottesville, VA
- Joy Rogers, 64, Southport, NC
- Michael Durbin, 56, Galena, OH
We ask that you be respectful of these victims’ families as they try to navigate this difficult situation.
The investigation is still active; however, further updates will be provided directly by the City of Southport as they become available.
We appreciate the continued support and cooperation from the community we have received since Saturday. If you were at American Fish Company on Friday, September 26, 2025, or Saturday, September 27, 2025, please call Southport Police Department to share any information, including videos or pictures, you may have at (910) 457-7911.
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Previously released information:
The suspect, Nigel Max Edge, has been arrested and charged with three counts of first-degree murder, five counts of attempted first-degree murder, and five accounts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, inflicting serious injury. The suspect’s probable cause hearing has been scheduled for October 13, 2025, at the Brunswick County Courthouse.
