Edgar Maddison Welch surrendering to police in Washington, D.C., in 2016.© Sathi SomA/Associated Press This evidence photo shows a revolver Welch brought into Comet Ping Pong.© Metropolitan ...

On the afternoon of Dec. 4, 2016, Edgar Maddison Welch stormed into a crowded pizza restaurant in Washington, D.C., with a loaded semiautomatic rifle slung across his chest, monomaniacally bent on ...

Edgar Maddison Welch, 36, of Salisbury, N.C., who was sentenced to four years in prison for the 2016 shooting at a Washington restaurant, was fatally shot after he pointed a gun at an officer ...

Edgar Maddison Welch, who was shot dead by North Carolina police Saturday in a seemingly unrelated incident, stormed Comet Ping Pong pizzeria in Washington D.C. in 2016 with an AR-15 assault rifle ...

FILE - Edgar Maddison Welch, of Salisbury, N.C., surrenders to police in Washington on Dec. 4, 2016. Sathi Soma via AP, File ...

Edgar Maddison Welch, known for the Pizzagate incident, was shot by North Carolina police during a traffic stop after pulling a gun on officers.

'Pizzagate' gunman shot dead by police during North Carolina traffic stop FILE - Edgar Maddison Welch, of Salisbury, N.C., surrenders to police, in Washington, Dec. 4, 2016.