Pizza shop gunman’s life showed recent signs of turbulence
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Edgar Maddison Welch, 28 of Salisbury, N.C., surrenders to police Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016, in Washington. Welch, who said he was investigating a conspiracy theory about Hillary Clinton running a child sex ring out of a pizza place, fired an assault rifle inside the restaurant on Sunday injuring no one, police and news reports said.
SALISBURY, N.C. >> The man accused of firing an assault rifle inside a restaurant appears to have lived an aimless life that became turbulent in the weeks before he was drawn to Washington by an online hoax.
Friends and family call Edgar Maddison Welch a well-meaning father of two girls. But he also unnerved some with his religious fervor and sometimes had trouble detaching himself from the internet.
Police say he came to the pizza restaurant Sunday on a self-imposed mission to investigate a false account of a child sex ring that had spread through fake internet news stories. He’s due in court Thursday.
In October, Edgar Maddison Welch struck a teenage pedestrian with his car, a police report said. More recently, he was dropped from the rolls of a volunteer fire department.
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This guy should be locked up. All white people like him should be profiled – they are dangerous.
“all white people like him”? – He killed no one so we’ll just keep profiling the killers. Thank you for your suggestion though.
Got you pretty much pegged..
Wow. Another story about a guy with several weapons, 1000 rounds of ammo and a warped “mission.” What is it about this particular dude that doesn’t even inspire crickets?
Let me presume to guess – it’s his color? Now what prize from your deep closet do I win?
“…fake internet new stories” There are a few of those around, maybe more than real internet news stories.
Mental health issues are the real problem in society. If this guy doesn’t get help, then the next time you might see people killed instead.
Another under educated NRA, Benghazi, Hillary hater that voted for the other guy. Cept that other guy is going to screw his family and two daughter over when they ask for Welfare and foodstamps while his sorry az is in jail. A child sex slave ring? Really? Morons like Flynn son.
Nanakuli,
You must be a close blood relation since you know him so well. So how’s the rest of the family doing? No siblings, nephews, nieces, uncles or aunties doing hard time I hope?
No anchovies!