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.

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.

A man who nearly a decade ago fired a gun inside a Washington, D.C., restaurant due to a fake online conspiracy theory targeting Democrats and Hillary Clinton was recently shot and killed by North Carolina police.

Edgar Welch, who served four years in prison after a 2016 incident in which he fired a rifle multiple times inside a Washington, D.C., pizza shop while trying to “self-investigate” claims that it was the site of child sex trafficking,

The man who fired a gun in a Washington, D.C., restaurant in 2016 under the false impression the business was a front for child trafficking has been killed by police. Edgar Maddison Welch had been sentenced to four years in prison in 2017 for his role in what became known as “Pizzagate,

Police say that despite being ordered to drop the weapon, Welch didn't comply, leading two officers to shoot him during the traffic stop in Kannapolis, North Carolina

A North Carolina man known for investigating an election-related conspiracy theory in D.C. that was dubbed “pizzagate” was shot and killed by police in North Carolina.

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.