


Two days later, there was a large volume of tweets about newly-discovered e-mail related to a pedophile sex ring. The operators of the pizza shop began receiving threats from right wing activists who believed that the reports were true.Īccording to The Washington Post, the trigger was the announcement on October 28 about the resumption of the investigation by the Federal Bureau of investigation (“FBI”) into the issue of the use of private e-mail by Hillary Clinton during her tenure as Secretary of State. There were false tweets widely spread on the net claiming that this pizza shop was the base for a pedophile sex ring involving Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, a former Secretary of State, and members of her campaign. The pizza shop, called Comet Ping Pong, had become embroiled in a strange situation due to an event that had occurred about one month earlier. Fortunately, no one was hurt, and the suspect was arrested, but the motive for this crime and the circumstances that triggered it were shocking.

A man brought a rifle into the shop and began shooting. This was in a busy but peaceful shopping district, and the shop was filled with families. On Sunday, December 4, 2016, a shooting incident occurred at a pizza shop in northwestern Washington D.C.
