The Pizzagate gunman, who this past Sunday walked into Washington, DC pizza parlor Comet Ping Ping and fired off a rifle, is a everyday dad who fed on one too many fringe conspiracy theories, according to an interview with The New York Times. Edgar Maddison Welch, a 28-year-old father of two from Salisbury, North Carolina, said he recently gained access to the internet at his home, and that he used his newfound connection to dive deep into the dark corners of the web. Already predisposed to conspiracy theories, Welch had recently become convinced that Comet Ping Pong was the center of a child trafficking ring led by Hillary Clinton and members of her campaign staff — otherwise known as the Pizzagate conspiracy.