KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – The man shot and killed by Kannapolis Police on January 4th has been identified as Edgar Maddison Welch of Salisbury. Welch made headlines in late 2016 after driving from Salisbury to a Washington, DC pizza parlor with an assault rifle to “self-investigate” false claims of a politician-led child sex ring being run out of the business. Welch fired shots into the pizza shop’s walls, a door, and a computer desktop. No one was hurt. He was sentenced to four years in federal prison. Welch was shot and killed by officers during a traffic stop on January 4. Kannapolis Police say they were patrolling North Cannon Boulevard around 10 that night when they saw a gray 2001 GMC Yukon they recognized as being driven by a person who had an outstanding warrant. An officer pulled the Yukon over. During the stop, he recognized Welch, the front seat passenger, as the person with an outstanding arrest warrant. While the officer was speaking with the driver of the Yukon, two additional Kannapolis Police officers arrived to assist. The officer who initiated the traffic stop opened the front passenger’s door to arrest Welch. Investigators say that Welch then pulled out a handgun from his jacket, and pointed it in the direction of the officer. That officer and a second officer say they gave commands for Welch to drop the gun. They say that Welch refused to drop the gun, and both officers fired their weapons at Welch, hitting him. Welch was transported to Atrium Cabarrus and then Atrium Charlotte, where he died on January 6th. The three officers on the scene, as well as the driver of the Yukon and a back seat passenger, were all uninjured. The officers who fired their duty weapon during this incident are Officer Brooks Jones and Officer Caleb Tate. A third officer who was on scene at the time of the shooting did not fire his duty weapon. This investigation remains on-going by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation and the officers who fired their duty weapon remain on administrative leave as is standard protocol. The outstanding warrant for arrest on Welch was for a Felony Probation Violation.