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A man who fired an assault rifle inside a Washington, D.C., restaurant in December 2016 while claiming to investigate the "pizzagate" hoax died this week after being fatally shot by police during a traffic stop in Kannapolis, North Carolina.

When officers recognized Welch and moved to arrest him, he produced a handgun from his jacket and pointed it at one of the officers, police said, and after refusing commands to drop the gun, two officers opened fire on him.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

He learned absolutely nothing from his past mistakes. Looks like natural selection took this moron out of the gene pool.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

Skill issue

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago

So this violent stupid asshole has just been walking around free the whole time? You can get convinced to shoot up a random restaurant by 4chan and still be considered safe to be in public? But you shoot one health extortionist...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

Obvious question - why did this man have a firearm? Was he allowed to own firearms? Did get a gun from a grey or black market?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

Is it allegedly pointed a gun at them, at this stage? I don't know how things like body cam footage work there.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

I'm curious what he was wanted for.

I mean ACAB and all, but pointing a gun at cops is a surefire way to get yourself shot.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

I thought that said ‘finally’… dude was kind of destined for this, unfortunately.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)

There's police brutality, but taking out a gun and pointing it at an officer is probably going to get you shot fairly quickly

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

Not defending this asshole but the police does lie all the time

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

shakes head

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago

surprised-pika-messed-up Why did this boomerang hit me?