27-year-old Nicholas Telemaque, cousin of rapper Nicki Minaj, was shot and killed in Brooklyn on July 4th.
“Lived in Brooklyn his whole life. My precious cousin. My baby. Killed last night,” Minaj tweeted.
Police say Telemaque, who also went by the nickname Juse, was killed around 2:40 a.m. from multiple gunshot wounds to the upper torso.
No arrests have been made in the case, which is currently under investigation.
photos of Nicholas Telemaque below.
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