WASHINGTON – (DDN): A guy from North Carolina was shot and killed by police in North Carolina. He was known for looking into an election-related conspiracy theory in D.C. that was called “pizzagate.”
At about 10 p.m. on Monday, January 4, police in Kannapolis, North Carolina, said they saw a gray 2001 GMC Yukon while they were walking along North Cannon Boulevard.
Officers knew the car because Edgar Maddison Welch often drove it. They had caught Welch before and still had a warrant out for his arrest.
The car was pulled over, and while the officer was talking to the driver, he saw that the man in the passenger seat had an active arrest warrant.
There were two more police officers who came to help with the stopping.
The police officer went to the car’s passenger side and opened the door to arrest the person inside. Welch pulled out a gun and pointed it at him when he opened the door.
He didn’t drop his gun when the police told him to, so they shot him.
Welch was wanted for major probation violation and had an arrest warrant out for him.
He was taken to the hospital to get better. After that, he was moved to a different hospital, where he died on January 6.
No one else was hurt.
The police officers who were involved in the killing were put on administrative leave while the case is looked into.
According to Annette Privette Keller, who is in charge of marketing for the City of Kannapolis, Welch was the one who was involved in the “pizzagate” scandal. Keller reported this information to the Associated Press.
On December 4, 2016, Welch had numerous firearms in his possession when he entered Comet Ping Pong in Northwest Washington, District of Columbia, in order to investigate allegations of a child sex trafficking network.
According to the Associated Press, he was investigating “false internet rumors that prominent Democrats were hiding child sex slaves at the restaurant.” These rumors were widespread on the internet.
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While Welch investigated the claims that were spreading on the internet, both customers and employees were able to safely exit the premises without suffering any injuries. In order for him to enter, he had to shoot a door that was locked.
He turned himself in to D.C. police after looking for about 20 minutes and not finding anything. In June 2017, he was given a four-year prison sentence and told to pay more than $5,700 for the damage he did.
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