Edgar Maddison Welch, 36, was shot just after 10 p.m. on Jan. 4, after pulling out a gun during a traffic stop, Kannapolis Fire and Police announced.

Legal Issues Man who attacked D.C. pizza parlor in 2016 is killed by police in N.C. Edgar Maddison Welch believed the “Pizzagate” conspiracy theory, fired shots inside Comet Ping Pong.

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.

What was the ‘Pizzagate’ conspiracy theory that Edgar Welch believed in as gunman is killed by police? Edgar Maddison Welch, who was shot dead by North Carolina police Saturday in a seemingly ...

Edgar Maddison Welch was a passenger in a vehicle stopped by officers in Kannapolis on Saturday night, according to a Kannapolis Police Department news release.

Edgar Maddison Welch was a passenger in a vehicle stopped by officers in Kannapolis on Saturday night, according to a Kannapolis Police Department news release.

Edgar Maddison Welch was a passenger in a vehicle stopped by officers in Kannapolis on Saturday night, according to a Kannapolis Police Department news release.

Edgar Maddison Welch was a passenger in a vehicle stopped by officers in Kannapolis on Saturday night, according to a Kannapolis Police Department news release.

Edgar Maddison Welch was a passenger in a vehicle stopped by officers in Kannapolis on Saturday night, according to a Kannapolis Police Department news release.

Edgar Maddison Welch was a passenger in a vehicle stopped by officers in Kannapolis on Saturday night, according to a Kannapolis Police Department news release.