‘Pizzagate’ shooter killed by Kannapolis, NC police after traffic stop [Video]

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. — A Salisbury man infamously known for a shooting at a Washington, D.C. pizza restaurant was identified as the man who was shot and killed by officers during a traffic stop earlier this month in Kannapolis.

A Kannapolis Police officer patrolled North Cannon Boulevard around 10 p.m. on Jan. 4 when he recognized a GMC Yukon normally driven by someone he knew had an outstanding warrant for their arrest. The officer pulled over the Yukon and while talking to the driver, recognized the passenger in the front seat as Edgar Maddison Welch, 36, who had an outstanding warrant for felony probation violation. 

When the officer attempted to open the passenger door to arrest Welch, investigators claimed that Welch pulled a handgun from his jacket and pointed it at the officer. That officer, and a second officer who arrived to assist with the traffic stop, commanded Welch to drop the …