Authorities say the man who traveled armed to a pizzeria in the nation's capital nearly a decade ago because of a fake online conspiracy theory has been shot and killed by police in North Carolina.

Edgar Maddison Welch, 36, was shot just after 10 p.m. on Jan. 4, after pulling out a gun during a traffic stop, Kannapolis Fire and Police announced.

A North Carolina man known for investigating an election-related conspiracy theory in D.C. that was dubbed “pizzagate” was shot and killed by police in North Carolina.

The 'Pizzagate' gunman, Edgar Maddison Welch, was killed after he was involved in a police officer-involved shooting during a traffic stop in North Carolina on Saturday, Jan. 4.

The conspiracy theorist who pulled a gun on a Washington, D.C., pizza shop in 2016 over a conspiracy theory was killed by police in a traffic stop in North Carolina. Police say Edgar Welch was shot last week by two North Carolina police officers after he pulled a gun on them during a traffic stop.

Edgar Welch fired an assault rifle inside a Washington, D.C., restaurant in December 2016 while claiming to investigate the "pizzagate" hoax.

Edgar Maddison Welch traveled from North Carolina to Washington, D.C., in 2016 and fired shots in Comet Ping Pong restaurant, acting on a conspiracy theory that had spread online.

The man who fired a gun in a Washington, D.C., restaurant in 2016 under the false impression the business was a front for child trafficking has been killed by police. Edgar Maddison Welch had been sentenced to four years in prison in 2017 for his role in what became known as “Pizzagate,

Police said Edgar Maddison Welch pulled out a gun during a traffic stop and when he did not drop it as instructed, was shot by police.