According to the FBI's affidavit of Welch's statement, Comet Ping Pong has an outside freezer accessible through the rear exit. That is where the employee came from who went outside 'to the freezer in the alley' and had Welch's AR aimed pointed directed at him when he came back.
Can anyone show me the exit, the freezer, the alley and the regular route of an employee?
BTW researching this outside freezer issue I discovered there is most likely, at the very least, an underground garage beneath 5039 Con Ave. https://i.sli.mg/a/wnfcTT
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joeysaperv ago
Let me help: Note All I did was insert spaces. Voat seems to have autocorrected some numbering and indents below that I don't know how to fix. The information is there, just numbered weirdly.
One thing I noticed is that there is no item "15" in the original text above. Is there is something missing or deleted from the original information, or is this a simple typo?(EDIT: I see it in the original affadavit)Evidence Recovered From Welch’s Cellphone (please excuse the weird numbering and indents. I did not do this, it is a system autocorrect I don't know how to fix)
During a voluntary, post-arrest interview on December 4, 2016, WELCH told Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department (“MPD”) officers that he had left his cellphone inside his Toyota Prius, which had been parked outside the Comet Ping Pong restaurant. The following electronic evidence was from WELCH’s cellphone, after officers obtained warrants to search WELCH’s vehicle and cellphone.1
On December 1, 2016, while using his cellphone to visit a number of YouTube pages, WELCH sent a text message to his girlfriend, “M.R.” WELCH indicated that he had been researching “Pizzagate” and that it was making him “sick.” “Pizzagate” is a term commonly used to refer to the above-described rumors about a sex-trafficking ring at Comet Ping Pong.
During the next few hours after sending that text message, WELCH continued viewing YouTube pages on his cellphone. He also visited the Comet Ping Pong website.
Shortly after 8:00 p.m. on December 1, 2016, WELCH sent a text message to a friend, “B.” The text message to B. included an internet link to a YouTube video. The text message also included the note, “Watch PIZZAGATE: The Bigger Picture on YouTube.”
1 The electronic evidence gathered from the cellphone is consistent with WELCH’s ownership and use of the phone. This evidence includes text messages to and from the cellphone, user account data included within the phone, and pictures and videos recovered from the phone. A few minutes later, WELCH received a phone call from another friend, “C.” It is not clear whether or not WELCH actually spoke with C., but a few minutes after the phone call, WELCH and C. exchanged text messages. At about 8:28 p.m., C. texted WELCH, “Tell me we r going to save the Indians from the pipeline.” WELCH responded, “Way more important, much higher stakes” and “Pizzagate.” C. wrote, “Sounds like we r freeing some oppressed pizza from the hands of an evil pizza joint.” WELCH replied, “Youtube tonight, talk in AM.” At about 8:35 p.m., C. texted WELCH, “I’m in.”
A few minutes later, WELCH sent a text message to B., asking B. to contact him so that they could drive together to C.’s residence in the morning. WELCH also asked B. to spend some time on YouTube before then. B. said he would contact WELCH in the morning.
On December 2, 2016, at about 2:58 p.m., WELCH texted C., asking whether C. wanted to meet, and whether C. had any Army buddies nearby. When C. indicated that he had one, WELCH asked, “he down for the cause?” C. said that it depended on the cause. WELCH responded: “Raiding a pedo ring, possibly sacraficing [sic] the lives of a few for the lives of many. Standing up against a corrupt system that kidnaps, tortures and rapes babies and children in our own backyard... defending the next generation of kids, our kids, from ever having to experience this kind of evil themselves[.] I'm sorry bro, but I'm tired of turning the channel and hoping someone does something and being thankful it's not my family. One day it will be our families. The world is too afraid to act and I'm too stubborn not to[.]” C. asked WELCH to call him, and they exchanged phone calls a few minutes later. A few minutes after that, WELCH texted M.R. that he was going to C.’s residence. B. also sent WELCH a text message indicating that he, too, would come to C.’s residence.
On December 4, 2016, at about 6:42 a.m., B. texted WELCH, asking WELCH to meet. After coordinating about the location, WELCH texted that he was “otw,” or on the way. B. responded at about 6:52 a.m., “Hell moths Fucking yeq [sic].”
On December 4, 2016, at about 8:42 a.m., M.R. and WELCH began exchanging text messages which indicated that WELCH had left home while M.R. was sleeping, leaving his children alone with M.R. (who is not a parent of the children). M.R.’s text messages became increasingly concerned as the day progressed.
WELCH’s phone also contained a video recording with the time stamp of 11:06 a.m. on December 4, 2016. The video appears to have been recorded while WELCH was driving. The phone camera was aimed at WELCH, who looked into the camera and told family members that he loved them; that he hoped that he had “showed it”; and that he hoped that he would be able to “tell [them] again.” “And if not,” he told them “don’t ever forget it.” Offense Conduct in Washington, D.C.
A few hours later, at about 3:00 p.m. on December 4, 2016, WELCH arrived at the Comet Ping Pong restaurant. Witnesses saw WELCH enter the front door of the restaurant, carrying an assault rifle that he was holding across his chest, such that anyone who looked at WELCH would see the gun. Witnesses saw WELCH moved towards the rear of the restaurant with the gun, but WELCH did not interfere with the employees and customers who, fearing for their lives, fled the building.
At about the time that everyone else was running away from WELCH, restaurant employee CW-1 was retrieving dough from a freezer in an alley behind the restaurant. While CW-1 was outside by the freezer, CW-1 heard three loud bangs. Although CW-1 has stated that these loud noises were consistent with the sound of gunfire, at the time, CW-1 did not know what caused them. As such, CW-1 returned to the restaurant as he had intended
2impendingdoom ago
thanks, I know, I was starting to insert the spaces (i already deleted number points from where they mixed in with page headers, so I was also trying to find and replace those) and then dog needed to go out and I thought oh fuck it and delete was easier. I'm better after coffee. :) Thanks
joeysaperv ago
Yeah, after I looked back on the affadavit I could see that you had already put considerable work into this.
This whole thing is sketchy to me. I think the original news stories stated that he had just gotten internet. He never had a smart phone before and the first thing he goes to is pizzagate news? You have to look hard to find this stuff. It's not like it's mainstream.
If the prosecution is blocking use of the cell phone data I'd like to see what existed on it before Dec 1. I think that is probably important.
2impendingdoom ago
Thanks that is the point I was trying to make, the prosecutor squashed the phone evidence!! But this thread is about the freezer so I didn't want to hijack completely.
Singleservename ago
I think that concern's entirely legit, OP considers the FBI affidavit as 'proven', since it concerns testimony from the employee. And it does indeed say there is a rear entrance and outside freezer at the back of CPP.
So the outside freezer HAS to be the cubic structure at the back of LRF. There is just no other likely candidate.
Ergo, the rectangular walk-in freezer of #killroom fame is NOT at CPP.