Alex YoungMon, September 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM UTC1 min readKellie Pickler with Nigel Edge at CMT AwardsThe post Accused Southport Shooter Was Kellie Pickler’s Former Date to CMT Music Awards appeared first on Consequence.The former Marine accused of opening fire on a dockside restaurant in Southport, North Carolina, over the weekend had previously accompanied country singer Kelly Pickler as a date to the CMT Music Awards in 2012.As the New York Post uncovered, Nigel Edge, who changed his name from Sean DeBevoise in 2023, appeared in his Marine uniform and walked the CMT’s red carpet with Pickler and his service dog, Rusty. “I am ecstatic about being here at the CMT Music Awards with Kellie, even more to consider her a friend,” he said at the time (via Taste of Country). “She is the most sincere person I know. She is an angel.” The pair apparently met at a charity event for wounded soldiers.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementEarlier this year, Edge sued Pickler, claiming that she tried to kill him with a poison-laced glass of whiskey at the CMTs.A representative for Pickler did not respond to the New York Post’s request for comment. The singer has also largely ceased using social media in recent years.Edge allegedly suffers from severe PTSD after sustaining severe injuries while deployed in Iraq. He now faces three counts of first-degree murder, five counts of attempted first-degree murder, and five counts of assault with a deadly weapon after opening fire at the American Fish Company restaurant in Southport Yacht Basin on Saturday, leaving three people dead and five others injured.Popular PostsAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementJudas Priest's Rob Halford Married His Longtime Partner Last Year: "A Beautiful, Simple Ceremony"Shirley Manson: Garbage Is Touring North America for Last Time "Thanks to the Thievery of the Record Industry"DEVO and The B-52s to Kick Off "Cosmic De-Evolution Tour"White House Posts Video of ICE Arrests Set to Pokémon Theme SongAI Artist Signs Million-Dollar Record DealMAGA Is Mad at GWARSubscribe to Consequence’s email digest and get the latest breaking news in music, film, and television, tour updates, access to exclusive giveaways, and more straight to your inbox.