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Showing Original Post only (View all)'Pizzagate' gunman fatally shot by police outside Charlotte in traffic stop [View all]
The Salisbury man who died Monday after he was shot by two Kannapolis police officers over the weekend was the Pizzagate gunman arrested in Washington, D.C., in 2016 after he terrified people with a loaded AR-15 inside a restaurant.
Edgar Maddison Welch, the man killed, made national headlines in 2016 when he entered Comet Ping Pong, a pizza restaurant in Washington, D.C., armed with an assault rifle and loaded revolver. He drove from Salisbury to the nations capital in search of an alleged child sex ring linked to Hillary Clinton something he learned about from a fake news story, The Washington Post reported.
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The officer that pulled the vehicle over then moved to the front passenger seat where Welch was sitting to arrest him. But when he opened the door, Welch pulled out a handgun from his jacket and pointed it at the officer, police said.
The arresting officer and a second officer at the scene shot Welch after he refused orders to drop his gun. The press release identified the two officers who fired as Caleb Tate and Brooks Jones.
more: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/crime/article298247913.html
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tenderfoot
Jan 9
OP
They were probably hoping to go eat some burgers with him. Like with that little shit:
Dave Bowman
Jan 9
#29
It's not unusual to buy people in custody some food. If someone asks, they get something.
mucholderthandirt
Jan 10
#134
He was white. Cops tend to not just shoot white men, especially the "good ol' boys" type.
mucholderthandirt
Jan 10
#133
The judge overseeing his case at the time was U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who was then a district
Celerity
Jan 9
#6
Released from prison in 2021, on supervised release & had an outstanding warrant for felony probation violation
LeftInTX
Jan 9
#11
Never said you were defending the guy. You just don't like my remarks about him.
hadEnuf
Jan 10
#123
You said "this 'human life' does not represent any loss either to myself, or to the greater whole."
hadEnuf
Jan 10
#135
as you don't have any problem dealing out 'summary execution' in your own hyperbole ?
stopdiggin
Jan 9
#71
Just found this new article from Feb 2024 where Welch and GF had drugs found during traffic stop
UniqueUserName
Jan 9
#15
... Be not too hard when he gladly dies, defending things he does not own
struggle4progress
Jan 9
#45
Nice to have some comic relief on such a grim news day with so many friends in pain
thebigidea
Jan 9
#58