Plea deal reached for man who fired shots inside DC pizzeria
Source: Associated Press
By: MATTHEW BARAKAT, Associated Press
POSTED:MAR 15 2017 10:48AM EDT
UPDATED:MAR 15 2017 10:48AM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) - A man who police said was inspired by false internet rumors to fire an assault weapon inside a Washington pizzeria has reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors.
At a status hearing Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Washington, lawyers said they have reached a plea deal in principle for 28-year-old Edgar Maddison Welch.
Authorities say Welch fired multiple shots, causing panic inside the Comet Ping Pong restaurant Dec. 4, after driving from North Carolina to investigate a conspiracy theory about Democrats harboring child sex slaves.
Terms of the plea were not discussed. Welch's lawyer declined to comment after the hearing. The plea hearing will be March 24.
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Ligyron
(7,639 posts)The evidence is everywhere - just look at the election results.
ck4829
(35,079 posts)lark
(23,138 posts)Too many of these lizard creatures are hurting others and getting away with it, this must stop.
maxsolomon
(33,360 posts)that would just be a tragedy if they took away his right to possess firearms.
he IS white and male, after all.