Mom catches predator sexting her 13-year-old daughter and tricks him into meeting her at Popeyes where he suffers horrific fate

A Florida mother’s decision to confront the predator who was sexting her 13-year-old daughter led to him being shot by police.

The unidentified mother learned Sunday that someone was having an “inappropriate texting relationship” with her daughter on Sunday, Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Chief Alan Parker said at a news conference the next day.

He said the concerned mother decided to grab her daughter’s phone and text the predator, later identified as 18-year-old Cerry Rodriques Banks, and arranged to meet him at a local Popeye’s at 7 a.m. The Florida Times-Union reports this.

Banks still thought he was talking to the teen and agreed to the plan.

But when the mother came to the restaurant Monday with her daughter and her 11-year-old son, Banks allegedly showed them a gun tucked into his waistband and warned, “If you hear the shots tonight, you’ll know what’s going on.” is’. Parker said.

When the unidentified mother encountered the suspect, Cerry Rodriques Banks, police say he pulled out his gun (pictured) and threatened the mother.

At that point, the mother entered the restaurant and called police, who responded about half an hour later and found Banks still outside.

Officer Garrion Robinson then approached the suspect and went to handcuff him, when police say he started running after the Popeye’s, and Robinson chased him.

When Robinson finally turned the corner, he saw Banks pulling a gun from his waistband, Parker said: according to First Coast News.

“He’s yelling at him, ‘Drop it, stop it, gun, gun, gun,’” he attacks [the] suspect; he shoots him multiple times,” the chief said.

Still, Banks continued to flee, police say.

“The suspect continues walking around the neighboring business and then drops the gun,” Parker said. ‘He keeps running. The officer follows him and loses sight of him.’

Officers then deployed a K-9 unit to track Banks, and he was eventually found hiding in a drainage culvert.

The suspect received medical attention at the scene as Parker said he was shot ‘once in his hand there is something in the torso and maybe one [time] in the leg.’

The suspect remained at the scene when police arrived half an hour later

Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Chief Alan Parker said a responding officer tried to assault Banks after he pulled his gun but then fired several shots.

Banks is now being held on a $700,000 bond while he recovers in stable condition at a local hospital.

He is now charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, lewd and lascivious conduct by an offender over the age of 18 against a victim under the age of 16, unlawful use of a two-way communication device and traveling to a meeting after using a computer to entice /to provoke/ to lure a child.

The shooting marks the third officer-involved shooting in Jacksonville in the past month, and Banks was the seventh person shot by police this year, killing three people, according to the Times-Union.

But it is Robinson’s first shooting in his seven years as an officer.

The sheriff’s office now says it will release body camera footage within 21 days to maintain transparency, as officers urged anyone with a problem to call the department. CBS 12 reports.

“We would absolutely want to address any situation, but this is a mother concerned about her daughter,” Sheriff TK Waters said at the news conference. “So I get it, I understand.

“But I would say that in most cases, in situations like that, you should call us and come out and handle the situation so that it doesn’t unfold like that.”