incident because of so-called fake news. police say the man claimed he was investigates a false conspiracy theory involving a child sex abuse ring supposedly run by hillary clinton. nbc s halle jackson is live in washington, d.c. halle, this would be maybe funny if it didn t involve a gun. reporter: here s the thing. it s fake news, ali. it s a fake conspiracy theory with real life consequences. police say the suspect, 28-year-old edgar madison welch armed with an assault rival walked in this comet ping-pong piz pizza restaurant and fired a shot. he said he came to self-investigate what we re talking about here, pizzagate, this fake online conspiracy