‘Pizzagate’ gunman killed by police in North Carolina after traffic stop, authorities say
Authorities say the man who traveled armed to a pizzeria in the nation's capital nearly a decade ago because of a fake online conspiracy theory has been shot and killed by police in North Carolina.
Gunman in "pizzagate" hoax fatally shot by North Carolina police during traffic stop
Edgar Welch fired an assault rifle inside a Washington, D.C., restaurant in December 2016 while claiming to investigate the "pizzagate" hoax.
NC man killed by Kannapolis police was convicted of ‘Pizzagate’ conspiracy-based incident in Washington
He pled guilty to a to a federal charge of interstate transportation of a firearm and ammunition, and a D.C. charge of assault with a dangerous weapon.
‘Pizzagate’ gunman Edgar Welch shot and killed after flashing firearm during traffic stop in NC
Welch pleaded guilty to federal charges and was sentenced to four years in prison in 2017 by now-Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who was then a district judge.
'Pizzagate' Gunman Dies in Officer-Involved Shooting During North Carolina Traffic Stop
The 'Pizzagate' gunman, Edgar Maddison Welch, was killed after he was involved in a police officer-involved shooting during a traffic stop in North Carolina on Saturday, Jan. 4.
Kannapolis police identify man killed by officers during traffic stop
Kannapolis investigators identified a Salisbury man who was shot and killed by officers during a traffic stop earlier this month, alleging the man pulled a handgun during an attempted arrest. A Kannapolis Police officer patrolled North Cannon Boulevard around 10 p.
'Pizzagate' gunman shot dead during N.C. traffic stop
A North Carolina man who fired a gun inside a Washington, D.C., pizza restaurant in 2016 due to a right-wing conspiracy theory was fatally shot by police last week during a traffic stop, authorities said Thursday.
'Pizzagate' gunman killed by police in North Carolina, authorities say
A man who fired a gun inside a restaurant in the nation's capital after a fake online conspiracy theory motivated him to do so nearly a decade ago was shot and killed by North Carolina police.
Man who attacked D.C. pizza parlor in 2016 is killed by police in N.C.
The man who opened fire in a popular D.C. pizza parlor, thinking it was part of a pedophile conspiracy, was killed after police allege he pulled a gun on officers.
'Pizzagate' gunman fatally shot by police during traffic stop
Edgar Maddison Welch opened fire at a Washington DC pizzeria he believed was running a child sex-trafficking ring.
'Pizzagate' gunman dies refusing to disarm: Police
It falsely claimed that the New York City Police Department had discovered a child sex trafficking ring in the basement of Comet Ping Pong Pizza in Washington, D.C. The conspiracy theory falsely claimed that the criminal ring was run by operatives from within the Democrat Party.
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Video of brawl at Rural King store in Conover viewed 200,000 times
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