On the evening of September 27, 2025, Joy Rogers, a 64-year-old woman from Southport, North Carolina, joined friends at the American Fish Company, a popular waterfront bar along the Cape Fear River. Around 9:30 p.m., a small boat idled near the dock as music and conversation drifted over the water. Without warning, gunfire erupted from the vessel toward the crowd onshore. The barrage shattered the easy Saturday night, leaving Joy Rogers, 64, along with two other patrons fatally wounded, as panic
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