I was present at the ship or in the area for much of the evening last night and saw quite a few things go down. This would have been between 6pm and 9pm EST.
For probably an hour I sat, seemingly unnoticed, on a hill overlooking the ship. A buddy and I kept scoped rifles trained on the area for our entire stay. We watched a fresh spawn get mowed down when he tried to attack someone who was (clearly) defending the Settlement. I never fired a shot.
Despite our best efforts to keep an eye out behind us, we were eventually attacked by the same sort of person (fresh spawn w/ a stick) and had to leave the area to regroup. I came back later after an unfortunate accident and was able to make friendly contact and relax with the settlers for a while.
Sorry to hear about everything going on. I tried to help, even as a neutral party