Telford murder trial: Friend 'heard multiple gunshots' as rapper was shot dead in car seat in front of him
A court has heard how a friend was sitting behind rapper Tamba Momodu when he was shot at point-blank range in a car outside a Telford gym four years ago.
Mr Momodu, 20, known as Teerose, was shot six times at point-blank range with a “powerful” 9mm handgun in Horsehay on October 13, 2020.
Four men are currently on trial at Stafford Crown Court charged with his murder.
The court had previously heard Mr Momodu had moved from north London to Telford with his family in 2018 to start a new life after he was acquitted at the Old Bailey of murdering 19-year-old Abdullahi Tarabi, a rapper known as Teewiz who died after being stabbed in an alleyway in Northolt in April 2017.
Prosecutors allege Mr Momodu was subsequently “stalked” and tracked down by Tarabi’s older brother and cousin who were intent on revenge.
Mahamud Tarabi, 32, and Ahmed Karshe, 30, who are both on trial for Mr Momodu’s murder, alongside Deria Hassan, 32, and Merje Ngoy, 24, are said to have found the victim’s new location after he was jailed in October 2019 for possession with intent to supply drugs and his new address was published in the press.
All four defendants deny murder.
On Thursday (January 23) the court heard from a witness who the prosecution said was sitting behind Mr Momodu in a Renault Megane outside the Fitness Factory gym at the Bridges Business Park before the rapper was shot dead.
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