LONOKE COUNTY, Ark. —

An Arkansas father who killed his teen daughter’s alleged abuser has announced a bid for county sheriff, saying he’s running to fix a justice system that failed to protect her.

Aaron Spencer faces a second-degree murder charge in last October’s fatal shooting of a man accused of grooming and sexually assaulting his then-13-year-old daughter. Advertisement

“Many of you know my story. I’m the father who acted to protect his daughter when the system failed …” he says in a Facebook video announcing his candidacy for Lonoke County sheriff. “And through my own fight for justice, I’ve seen firsthand the failures in law enforcement and in our circuit court. And I refuse to stand by while others face these same failures.”

Spencer gunned down Michael Fosler on Oct. 8,

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