A pizza restaurant in Washington D.C. was attacked by a man with an assault riffle over fake news allegations that were made during the election. "The restaurant’s owner and employees were threatened on social media in the days before the election after fake news stories circulated claiming that then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and her campaign chief were running a child sex ring from the restaurant’s back rooms." Edgar Welch went into the restaurant and pointed an assault riffle at an employee. The employee was able to get away and call police, shots were fired by Welch but no people were physically harmed. Welch told police he went to the restaurant to investigate the claims. Surrounding businesses were on lock down for almost two hours. The surrounding businesses have also received threats since the fake new stories were released.
Businesses "hope that law enforcement authorities will be prompted to take additional measures to shut down the sites where this hateful material is being spread, and also measures to try to trace the menacing phone calls." It's crazy how fast news spreads and the ridiculous amount of false stories that go around and how many people genuinely believe them.
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