'Boopac Shakur,' who outed pedophiles online, fatally shot at restaurant after accusing person

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Robert Wayne Lee used social media to pose as a 15-year-old girl to catch
sexual predators. While his work led to arrests, he also "mistakenly
identified someone as a sexual predator who was not," officials said.

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A Michigan man who used social media to try to catch pedophiles was
fatally shot during a dispute with a person he accused of being a predator
over the weekend, police say.

Robert Wayne Lee, 40, boasted a combined following of over 60,000 on
Instagram and Facebook, where he was known as “Boopac Shakur.” He would
pose as a 15-year-old girl to lure potential predators and get them
arrested — a tactic officials considered dangerous, the Oakland County
Sheriff's Office said.

Lee was in a restaurant in Pontiac around 10:30 p.m. Friday when he
confronted two people at a table. The sheriff’s office said Lee had
accused one of the people, an 18-year-old man, of being a pedophile. No
further comment was shared about the veracity of his allegation.

The confrontation "rapidly escalated," and one of the people fired a
pistol, the sheriff’s office said in a news release.

Lee was taken to a hospital, where he died from his injuries, officials
said.

Two people were arrested Saturday afternoon in connection with the
shooting. The shooting suspect, 17, and a second person, 18, are believed
to be from Pontiac, the sheriff’s office said.

The case remains under investigation. The sheriff's office said it
expected to turn the case over to prosecutors for charges Sunday or
Monday.

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