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A man who posed as an underage girl on social media to catch sexual
predators was shot and killed, according to The Oakland Press.

Officials from the Oakland County Sheriff’s office said Robert Wayne Lee confronted two men seated at a table at a restaurant Friday night. Lee
accused one of the men of being a pedophile before punching him, which led
to the man pulling out a knife.

The other person at the table pulled out a gun and shot Lee several times before leaving the restaurant. Lee was transported to a local hospital and
died from his injuries. Officials stated two people are in custody, ages
17 and 18, and they were apprehended after a tracking dog found them.

The men are expected to be charged by Monday, and their names are being withheld until they show up for their arraignment.

Lee had become famous for his methods of confronting alleged sex
offenders. In January, Lee told the Oakland Press he was a “vigilante
doing police work without a badge.”

According to Lee, he was inspired by his three young children and online
videos posted by a group called Dads Against Predators, which was inspired
by Chris Hanson’s To Catch a Predator. There would be times when Lee posed
as a child or used his friends to help him confront the alleged offenders.

Lee went under the guise of Boopac Shakur online and showed no fear in his confrontations as he met with people in parking lots, at their jobs, and
even their homes. He would also use a tool to pop the suspect's tires to prevent them from escaping.

Sheriff Michael Bouchard advised that although Lee meant well, individuals don’t have the resources to collect evidence that would lead to a
conviction properly. There is also a high level of possible violence that
can come from these confrontations.

“When we have arrested predators in such circumstances, they have rammed
police cars and exhibited other violent behavior in attempts to escape,”
he said.

Lee was told by detectives to shut down his operations, but he kept it
running and expanded it to include actual classes for people to set up
their own vigilante services.

https://www.complex.com/life/a/markelibert/michigan-predator-catcher- killed?bfsource=relatedmanual

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