The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation has been called in after a 19-year-old was shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy. The deceased was identified as 19-year-old Alec Edward Shaw. The fatal shooting took place on Jan.

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, the man known for becoming the face of the 'Pizzagate' conspiracy theory, was shot on Saturday, Jan. 4

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.