A North Carolina man apprehended after shooting up a waterfront bar in the seaside town of Southport on Saturday night — killing three people and wounding eight others — was a conspiracy theorist obsessed with “LGBQT” “terrorists” colluding to “traffic” him.

Police named 40-year-old Nigel Max Edge as the suspect in a Saturday mass shooting in North Carolina that killed three people and injured five, who are still receiving care.

Officials say the North Carolina restaurant shooting that left three dead was highly premeditated, with the suspect tied to anti-LGBTQ claims.

The suspected gunman who opened fire at a crowded dockside restaurant in North Carolina — killing three people and injuring eight others — has been identified.

Nigel Max Edge, 40, faces three murder and five attempted murder charges after opening fire from a boat at a Southport, NC restaurant, killing three a

Nigel Max Edge was charged for the shooting at a North Carolina waterfront bar on Saturday, which claimed the lives of three people.

Dane Britt tells PEOPLE his wife saved his life and the lives of others at American Fish Company when she filmed suspect Nigel Edge the night before he carried out the attack