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Eugene

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Mon Oct 2, 2023, 04:00 AM Oct 2023

Online personality 'Boopac Shakur,' known for exposing alleged sexual predators, shot and killed in

Source: CNN

Online personality ‘Boopac Shakur,’ known for exposing alleged sexual predators, shot and killed in Michigan

By Jessica Xing and Zoe Sottile, CNN
Updated 11:15 PM EDT, Sun October 1, 2023

(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.

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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/01/us/boopac-shakur-dead-robert-lee/index.html

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number of things flying off the rails here .-(nt)- stopdiggin Oct 2023 #1
Online personality 'Boopac Shakur,' killed in Michigan coffeseamars Oct 2023 #2

coffeseamars

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2. Online personality 'Boopac Shakur,' killed in Michigan
Mon Oct 2, 2023, 06:12 PM
Oct 2023

Man, this whole situation is just wild. It's a harsh wakeup call to the real dangers out there. Just on the low, I've been using https://michigan.recordspage.org/ personally, and it's been clutch for checking up on people and keeping things on the safe side.

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