Just last week the pizzeria, which also hosts music shows, revealed it was adding more security to is shows following the online harassment 'I hope that those involved in fanning these flames will take a moment to contemplate what happened here today, and stop promoting these falsehoods right away.' Owner of Comet Ping Pong James Alefantis said: 'What happened today demonstrates that promoting false and reckless conspiracy theories comes with consequences. He is a Republican supporter, according to voter records. The teenager survived and Welch was not arrested as a result. WBTV in North Carolina also reported that a man with the same name ran over a black 13-year-old boy while behind the wheel of his car on October 24.
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His family in North Carolina appear to have a history in the broadcasting and movie industry.Īn IMDB account under the name Edgar Maddison Welch shows he had a small part in the 2009 film, The Bleeding, and was part of the crew in four other projects.Īccording to reports, his father Harry owns a film production company. Welch was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and destruction of property. There was also a shotgun and a folding knife in his car parked outside. They said the incident was not terrorism related. They added that the lone gunman then fired one or more shots into the floor, but no one was injured.Īuthorities found two firearms inside the restaurant. Several customers and employees took shelter in nearby businesses. Police said he pointed a gun at an employee and threatened them before they were able to escape and notify police. When Welch first entered the store, he left customers and staff terrified when he walked through the front door and through to the back of the restaurant.
On Welch's Facebook page, he mixed "like" endorsements for a number of conservative Christian groups with similar "likes" for Infowars and its founder Alex Jones. "U decide - NYPD Blows Whistle on New Hillary Emails: Money Laundering, Sex Crimes w Children, etc.MUST READ!," he wrote ahead of the November 8 election. He had not commented publicly on Comet, but in early November he tied Clinton to pedophile rings in a tweet of his own. He stood by his tweet as the night continued, retweeting people who were accusing the mainstream media of being part of the conspiracy to cover up the sex ring. The left seems to forget #PodestaEmails and the many 'coincidences' tied to it,' the younger Flynn tweeted. 'Until #Pizzagate proven to be false, it'll remain a story. Police say he may have been looking through the Welch left customers and staff terrified when he walked through the front door and through to the back of the restaurant. In his first court appearance on Monday, Welch was held without bond, and is set to return to face a judge again on Thursday. Police said Welch told them he was carrying out a 'self-investigation' into 'pizza-gate' - a story widely circulated on fake news sites and forums prior to the election that claimed Clinton had run a child sex abuse ring. He also had a shotgun and a knife in his car.
Cops said he had an AR-15 and a handgun when he was arrested in the restaurant. He was pictured walking backwards on the street with his hands on his head as police surrounded him with guns drawn. on Sunday at about 3pm and fired multiple times - damaging walls, a door and a computer. A man walked into a popular pizza restaurant with an assault rifle and demanded to know the truth about a pizza-gate conspiracy theory claiming Hillary Clinton had abused children in the basement, police say.Įdgar Maddison Welch, 28, from Salisbury, North Carolina, was arrested and is now facing assault charges after he stormed into Comet Ping Pong in Washington D.C.
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