A Florida mother’s decision to confront a predator who she found out was sexting her 13-year-old daughter led to him being shot by police on Monday morning.

A concerned Florida mother set up her own sting operation at a local Popeye’s to confront a man who was sexting her 13-year-old daughter — a showdown that resulted in the allegedly armed creep getting shot by cops.

Cerry Banks arranged to meet the child at a fast food restaurant in Jacksonville, unaware that he had been conversing with the girl’s mother