The man who fired a semi-automatic rifle inside a Washington, D.C., restaurant in 2016 in search of a pedophile ring that didn’t exist, an event that came to be known as “Pizzagate,” was shot and killed by police during a traffic stop in North Carolina last week after pulling a gun on an officer.

Edgar Maddison Welch was shot by two officers on Jan. 4 in Kannapolis, North Carolina, after police say he pointed a gun in the direction of one, who recognized Welch as having an outstanding arrest warrant, the Salisbury Post reported Thursday. Welch, a passenger in a 2001 GMC Yukon that was linked to him, prompting police to pull it over, was shot after failing to comply with commands to drop the weapon.

Welch died from his injuries two days later at a hospital in nearby Charlotte, according to the report. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation confirmed to CBS News on Thursday that Welch was the “pizzagate” shooter.

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