Posted on 10/03/2023 8:54:11 AM PDT by Red Badger
Robert Lee speaks to CNN affiliate WXYZ in January 2023. WXYZ CNN — A Michigan man who claimed to expose alleged child predators online for his thousands of social media followers was shot and killed after confronting two teenagers late Friday night, according to police.
Robert Wayne Lee, 40, would pose as a 15-year-old girl online to lure out and expose suspected pedophiles, the Oakland County sheriff’s office said in a news release.
He published videos of his exploits to over 11,000 followers on Facebook and over 45,000 followers on Instagram. Some of those videos appear to show him engaging in violent confrontations with alleged predators.
Lee confronted two teenagers Friday night – a 17- and 18-year-old – at a restaurant in Pontiac. He accused one of being a pedophile and punched him, according to the police news release.
The teen who was punched pulled out a knife, and the other – suspected to be the 17-year-old – shot Lee several times with a pistol, according to police. He was taken to the hospital and later died of his injuries.
The suspects fled but were arrested Saturday afternoon, police say. The sheriff’s office has not released their names.
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Boopac should’ve executed his mission more ‘Dexter’ style.
“Online personality ‘Boopac Shakur,’ known for exposing alleged sexual predators, shot and killed in Michigan”
Don’t know if he’s a Wrapper, but if so, it looks like he hit gold with this move.
Then he assaults a teenage and gets shot.
Yes, he should have been more careful.............Rest In Peace...................
That’s a tough one. I mean going after pedophiles is great and all but a 17 and 18 year old he “alleges” are, then he assaults one of them. They fight back unfortunately killing him, that kinda makes for self defense to me.
If it was caught on film by him and he was making a shock video and profiting from it then I don’t know, hard to get over my prejudice on those YouTube idiots. Kinda like the guy that got shot randomly harassing a guy getting his dinner, I have no pity for the punk who got shot at all either.
I’ve seen a few videos of another guy who does that.It never occurred to me that it could be dangerous work...but now it makes sense.
“Lee confronted two teenagers Friday night – a 17- and 18-year-old – at a restaurant in Pontiac. He accused one of being a pedophile and punched him...”
Sounds like self defense to me.
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17y old and 15 year old dating?
Is this a crime?
18 on 15 is not so good, but not terrible.
But then 15 year old shouldn’t be dating either.
Being a vigilante can be quite dangerous.................
Lol
How old are you?
Maybe this man’s intentions were good, but he took things too far. In this case, the suspected perp was only 18.
18 and 15. That’s like a high school senior and a sophomore. Is that considered a pedophile today? Ridiculous.
In Michigan age of consent is 16.
The guy was going for clicks.
Confront the wrong person, or an innocent person, and you deserve to get shot.
Self-defense; bill his estate for the bullet.
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