Edgar Maddison Welch, who gained notoriety for firing shots in a Washington, D.C., pizza restaurant in 2016 based on a debunked conspiracy theory, died following a fatal traffic stop.
In 2016, Edgar Maddison Welch traveled from North Carolina to Washington, D.C., and fired shots in a pizza restaurant, acting on a conspiracy theory that had spread online. who fired his rifle in a Washington, D.C., pizza restaurant in 2016 after acting on a debunked conspiracy theory has died following a fatal traffic stop . was shot by police over the weekend and died from his injuries on Monday, authorities in North Carolina said Thursday.
Prosecutors said at the time that Welch was trying to investigate an internet conspiracy theory about the pizza restaurant being home to a child sex-trafficking ring connected to prominent Democratic politicians, a false claim that became known as"pizzagate."
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