A Texas man was arrested after he allegedly posed as a minor in order to lure a registered sex offender and kill him.
James Spencer III, 22, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder after shooting 37-year-old registered sex offender Sean Showers.
KPRC-TV reported Spencer “Took matters into his own hands because he didn’t believe police were doing enough to keep child predators behind bars and wanted to harm them.”
Documents reveal Showers previously served federal time for possession of child pornography and for failing to register as a sex offender.
Vigilante accused of posing as minor online to lure and kill convicted child predator https://t.co/cgtRLK4PlA pic.twitter.com/jtUbYqPJPr
— New York Post (@nypost) February 4, 2024
Per KPRC-TV:
A man is behind bars, accused of pretending to be a minor to meet up with a child predator under the false pretense of having sex, only to shoot and kill him.
The suspect in the case is said to have taken matters into his own hands because he didn’t believe police were doing enough to keep child predators behind bars and wanted to harm them.
22-year-old James Spencer III stood before a judge, who found probable cause to move forward with the murder charge he faces.
“You’re here for the first degree felony offense of murder,” the judge said.
WATCH:
This is James Spencer III (22)
He posed as a underage boy online, lured a registered sx offender to a hookup spot, & then kiIIed him
Spencer told his girlfriend he was sick of seeing pedos like Connery Showers (31) getting let off the hook pic.twitter.com/07F8FsoDtb
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) February 4, 2024