Girl, 16, Shot While Babysitting Her 3-Year-Old Cousin 'Identified Her Boyfriend As The Gunman Before She Died'

A teenage babysitter shot this week while looking after her young cousin gave police the name of a man before she died.
The shooting happened while Shemel Mercurius, 16, was caring for three-year-old Josiah in her East Flatbush apartment in Brooklyn on Tuesday night, The New York Post reported.

Shemel's 70-year-old grandmother Joan told the newspaper: 'She died before she got to the hospital.

'But before she died she gave the cops her boyfriend's name. She told them he shot her.'

Joan told The Post: 'They're looking for him. Her boyfriend. Nobody knew that she had this boyfriend.

'I always told her, "Shemel, you're a beautiful girl, don't worry about boys. Focus on your education."'

Shemel was originally from Guyana and was declared dead at a Brooklyn hospital.

The girl's father Dexter Mercurius, 38, told the newspaper: 'Before she passed she called out a boy's name.

'I don't know if it was the boyfriend or not. I just have questions right now and no answers.'

Speaking to WABC, the father said Shemel had an order of protection against an ex-boyfriend -- who isn't the person whose name that Shemel gave.

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