'Pizzagate' Shooter to Serve Four Years in Jail
The gunman pled guilty after carrying out a violent response to an online conspiracy theory.
The man who fired an assault rifle inside a Washington, D.C. pizzeria in December was sentenced to four years in prison on Thursday after pleading guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon and transporting a firearm over state lines. At the time of the incident, the North Carolina resident, Edgar Maddison by a white supremacy Twitter account before gaining traction across various online message boards and fake news sites leading up to the 2016 presidential election.
