‘Pizzagate’ gunman who went viral in Democrat child sex conspiracy theory is shot dead in traffic stop [Video]

00:20 EST 10 Jan 2025, updated 00:22 EST 10 Jan 2025

The infamous ‘Pizzagate’ gunman who opened fire at a restaurant in 2016 after believing in a Democrat child sex conspiracy theory has been shot dead during a traffic stop.

Edgar Maddison Welch, 36, of Salisbury, North Carolina, was shot and killed in Kannapolis on Saturday evening after cops recognized a gray 2001 GMC Yukon he was a passenger in. 

An officer soon realized that the passenger was Welch – someone who had an outstanding warrant for arrest for a felony probation violation. 

When the cop opened the passenger door to arrest Welch, Kannapolis Police Chief Terry L. Spry said that Welch ‘pulled a handgun from his jacket and pointed it in the direction of the officer.’ 

After failing to put the weapon down when asked to do so by authorities, the officers who stopped him ‘fired their duty weapon’ at Welch. 

Welch was taken to a nearby hospital, where …