Fake news: The gunman claimed he was 'self-investigating' rumours of a child abuse ring led by Hilary Clinton
Michael Howie5 December 2016
Police have arrested a gunman who entered a Washington DC pizza restaurant that was the target of fake news reports it was operating a child abuse ring led by Hillary Clinton.
The man, named in reports as Edgar Welch, 28, walked into Comet Ping Pong and pointed a firearm in the direction of a restaurant employee yesterday.
The employee was able to flee and alert police.
Welch then fired the gun into the floor. No-one was injured.
Police said he told officer come to the restaurant to “self-investigate” the fictitious online conspiracy theory that spread online during the defeated Democrat’s US presidential campaign.
The restaurant’s owner said the accusations were “malicious and utterly false”.
