A drive-by gun execution happened on the notorious gangland estate where Tulisa filmed a music video, it can be revealed.
Oliver Tetlow died after being shot from the window of a blacked-out hatchback on Church Road in Harlesden, North West London, last night.
Witnesses reported hearing up to six bullets being fired in rapid succession at around 10pm.
The victim, understood to be a man in his 20s, died at the scene.
Police confirmed they believe a "high-powered" weapon, rumoured to be an uzi, was used to carry out the killing.
Detectives have launched an investigation into the "shocking" murder amid claims it was sparked by a dispute between two rappers over some stolen jewellery.
It's the latest in a grim act of violence linked to Church End housing estate in the heart of Kilburn, an area among the worst-affected by gun crime in London.
In 2012, Reece James-Menzies - said to be part of the Church Road Soldiers (CRS) gang - was killed with a sawn-off shotgun.
The 21-year-old, also known as Stylie or Stylez, was blasted in the face from point-blank range while visiting a flat in Bournemouth in what police described as a "premeditated attack".
A few months earlier, James-Menzies and the rapper Nines had appeared in a controversial music video made by Tulisa on the estate.
The then-X Factor judge was seen making a 'C' gesture in images which surfaced from the video which is believed to no longer be in circulation.
The singer denied the symbol was a reference to the CRS gang and insisted it was a tribute to her home borough of Camden.
A spokesperson for the singer also added at the time that although James-Menzies had appeared as an extra in her video she had never met him.
And in 2008, Wayne Freckleton, another suspected CRS gang member and the brother of rapper Nines, was killed in a barbershop shooting.
Freckleton was rumoured to be responsible for the deaths of Mohamed Korneh and Selorn Gbesemete, both 21, during an anti-gun crime concert at Southall's Tudor Rose nightclub in December 2002.
Femi Forde, 25, and Richard Osborne, 27, both from Harlesden, were convicted of the murder at the Old Bailey.
They were each jailed for a minimum of 30 years.
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