Police: Deadly shooting in North Carolina was highly premeditated' and location was targeted'
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... At a press conference Sunday, Coring said the location was "targeted," but he did not elaborate. ...

Suspect held after allegedly firing from boat into waterfront bar in North Carolina
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... Officials said they believe the alleged gunman acted alone and that there is no ongoing safety threat. David said Edge was "known to law enforcement," but that there was "nothing significant in his past which would give us any indication that he was capable of such horror." State voter registration records list Edge as 41 years old.

Edge had changed his name from Sean Debevoise, according to Southport public information officer ChyAnn Ketchum, citing the district attorney's investigation.

The Defense Department confirmed in an email to NPR that Debevoise is a decorated combat veteran who served in Iraq in 2005 and 2006 was awarded a Purple Heart.

A person of the same name is listed as the author of a book about his time serving in the Marines in Iraq, and writes that he was badly wounded -- shot four times, including once in the head, by friendly fire.

So far this year, there have been at least 324 mass shootings in the U.S., according to the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive -- that is, shootings where at least four people were killed or wounded.

Police described the shooter's weapon as an assault rifle. ...