India, Sept. 28 -- Sean William DeBevoise, a 40-year-old former Marine who legally changed his identity to Nigel Max Edge, has been recognized as the suspected gunman of Southport North Carolina mass shooting, as per reports and various social media claims. While serving in Iraq, DeBevoise allegedly suffered severe injuries, including a potential gunshot injury to the head in 2006. He formerly resided in Oak Island, North Carolina.

He was reportedly diagnosed with schizophrenia following his injuries, and he suffered bouts of disordered thinking.

Public documents and internet posts that Edge was becoming more and more engrossed with conspiracies. He once claimed that he was being targeted by a "white supremacist LGBTQ paedophile ring."...