As he was leaving a dubplate session, Elephant was held up by an armed man and forced to hand over his takings: a total of £16,000, or nearly 160,000 francs. The altercation cost the life of Dj Village (one of the best-known UK deejays), who was shot.
According to the various rumours going around, it was the very crew hanging out with Elephant Man that turned on him after his dubplate session...
Source: BBC1