The man wanted for fatally shooting 16-year-old Shemel Mercurius as her terrified three-year-old nephew looked on, turned himself into police at a Brooklyn Police Station on Thursday and has since been charged.
According to a New York Daily News report, 24-year-old Taariq Stephens, who has a half dozen prior arrests, turned himself into police after his lawyer arranged his surrender. He was late Thursday charged with murder and weapon possession at the 67th Precinct stationhouse in East Flatbush.
On Friday morning, members of Mercurius’ family showed up at the stationhouse in Brooklyn to watch as cops hauled Stephens off to court. Mercurius’ father, Dexter Mercurius, said that he wanted to see if he recognised his daughter’s killer. “I know this guy used to
