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| 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
| nation's 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.
| ...
<https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/crime/article298247913.html>
--bks
What does this event have to do with Trump?
Here's what you snipped:
"The officer recognized the vehicle, having arrested Welch in the
past, and knew he had an outstanding warrant for his arrest for a
felony probation violation, police said. The press release said the
officer spoke with the vehicles driver and recognized Welch in the
passenger seat as two more officers arrived. 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."
Read more at:
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/crime/article298247913.html#storylink=cpy
So what does this death have to do with Trump?