前“披萨门”阴谋论者埃德加·韦尔奇 （Edgar Welch） 在 2025 年北卡罗来纳州的一次交通拦截中被警察开枪击毙。 Former "Pizzagate" conspiracist Edgar Welch was fatally shot by police during a 2025 traffic stop in North Carolina.

埃德加·麦迪森·韦尔奇在2016年冲进华盛顿特区的披萨店, 相信一个关于儿童性贩运团的虚假"Pizzagate"阴谋理论, 在交通拦截期间被北卡罗来纳州警察致命射杀. Edgar Maddison Welch, who stormed a Washington D.C. pizza restaurant in 2016 believing a false "Pizzagate" conspiracy theory about a child sex trafficking ring, was fatally shot by North Carolina police during a traffic stop. Welch曾因2016年事件而服刑,但因未执行的逮捕令而被拦下,据称在警官试图逮捕他时用枪指着他们。 Welch, who had served a prison sentence for the 2016 incident, was pulled over for an outstanding warrant and allegedly pointed a gun at officers when they tried to arrest him. 枪击案正在调查之中,警官们正在休行政假。 The shooting is under investigation, with officers on administrative leave.