{"id":270778,"date":"2025-10-02T02:39:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T02:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/270778\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T02:39:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T02:39:23","slug":"victims-in-deadly-shooting-at-north-carolina-waterfront-bar-identified-she-loved-others-deeply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/270778\/","title":{"rendered":"Victims in deadly shooting at North Carolina waterfront bar identified: “She loved others deeply”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The names of the three people who were shot and killed at\u00a0a North Carolina bar<\/a>\u00a0by a Marine veteran over the weekend were released on Wednesday, as a vigil is scheduled to remember the victims.<\/p>\n

The City of Southport<\/a> identified 36-year-old Solomon Banjo of Charlottesville, Virginia, 64-year-old Joy Rogers of Southport and 56-year-old Michael Durbin of Galena, Ohio, as the patrons of the American Fish Company, a waterfront restaurant along the Cape Fear River, who were killed in the shooting on Saturday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Five others were injured, but were not identified.<\/p>\n

\"NC<\/p>\n

People place flowers in front of the American Fish Company following a fatal shooting that occurred the night before, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, in Southport, North Carolina.<\/p>\n

Chris Seward \/ AP<\/p>\n

Rogers was “a well-known face” at Generations Church, a non-denominational church located less than six miles away from where the suspect, Nigel Edge, is accused of shooting at the crowd, the church said<\/a> on social media.<\/p>\n

Her husband, Lennie Rogers, also confirmed her death to CBS affiliate WECT<\/a>, remembering her as a devoted wife and a loving mother of three. She and her family had just moved to Southport a year ago to enjoy their retirement.<\/p>\n

“Joy loved Jesus deeply, and because of that, she loved others deeply,” Lennie Rogers, who was unhurt in the shooting, told WECT in a statement. “She lived up to her name \u2014 her spirit radiated joy, light and kindness everywhere she went. Joy had a special gift for making people feel seen and welcomed. She was truly a vibrant part of the community and her family, and she will be dearly missed.”<\/p>\n

Information about the other two victims wasn’t immediately available.<\/p>\n

A prayer vigil is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 4, at the Southport Waterfront to honor Rogers and all the victims, Generations Church’s post said.<\/p>\n

The accused gunman, a decorated Marine combat veteran and\u00a0Purple Heart<\/a>\u00a0recipient, on Monday\u00a0appeared in a North Carolina courtroom<\/a>, where a judge ordered him to be held without bond.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Edge, 40, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder, five counts of first-degree attempted murder, and five counts of assault with a deadly weapon and intent to kill. He appeared subdued as prosecutors said they may seek the death penalty, The Associated Press reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Edge has not entered a plea, and a probable cause hearing is scheduled for Oct. 13, a spokesperson for the city of Southport previously said in a statement.<\/p>\n

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Emily Mae Czachor<\/a><\/p>\n

contributed to this report.\n <\/p>\n

\n More from CBS News\n <\/p>\n

Kiki Intarasuwan<\/a><\/p>\n

Kiki Intarasuwan is a news editor for CBS News & Stations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The names of the three people who were shot and killed at\u00a0a North Carolina bar\u00a0by a Marine veteran…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":270779,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4222,51,50,519,52],"class_list":{"0":"post-270778","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-gun-violence","9":"tag-headlines","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-north-carolina","12":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115302260172399525","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}