Edgar Maddison Welch, 36, of Salisbury, N.C., who was sentenced to four years in prison for the 2016 shooting at a Washington restaurant, was fatally shot after he pointed a gun at an officer during a traffic stop,

Edgar Maddison Welch stormed Comet Ping Pong pizzeria in Washington D.C. with an AR-15 assault rifle and a revolver after believing a hoax conspiracy theory that prominent Democrats were behind a chil

Police said Edgar Maddison Welch pulled out a gun during a traffic stop and when he did not drop it as instructed, was shot by police.

Kannapolis police said Edgar Maddison Welch pointed a gun at officers on Saturday, two of whom then fired at him.

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.

Edgar Maddison Welch was armed when he tried to take action against "Pizzagate," a conspiracy theory that spread during the election cycle of 2016.

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.

Police said man who brandished weapons years ago at the ‘Pizzagate’ restaurant, refused to drop his revolver when pulled over

Edgar Maddison Welch of Salisbury, N.C., surrenders to police Dec. 4, 2016, in Washington.

The conspiracy theorist who pulled a gun on a Washington, D.C., pizza shop in 2016 over a conspiracy theory was killed by police in a traffic stop in North Carolina. Police say Edgar Welch was shot last week by two North Carolina police officers after he pulled a gun on them during a 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.