EastEnders fans were left gobsmacked during tonight's episode after Leo King (Tom Wells) suffered a deathly fall at the hands of Kush Kazemi (Davood Ghadami).
For weeks Leo has been stalking Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty) but in tonight's show it took an even darker turn.
The son of paedophile Tony has point blanked refused to leave the brunette babe alone but she has refused to give into his intimidation as her friends and family keep a close eye on her.
The episode started with Leo showing his manipulative side by targeting Kat Moon's (Jessie Wallace) business after she stood up for Whitney.
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He takes to embarrassing her in public and calling her a series of vile names before the soap icon looses her cool and lashes out.
Thankfully, he is eventually arrested by the police but is soon released from his cell and back on the streets to continue stalking Whitney as she goes on a night out to the club.
Leo turns up and violently grabs Whitney, proceeding to drag her onto the balcony a terrified Whitney tries to escape.
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Kush rushes to the scene to save the day and manages to intervene and get Leo away from Whitney.
However, he accidentally pushes Leo over the edge of the balcony and scenes show him falling to the ground with his lifeless body not moving.
Fans instantly rushed to Twitter to share their thoughts, one wrote: "Well Leo certainly fell to the floor like a sack of spuds didn't he."
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A second wrote: "Well done Kush! Can disgusting slime rag toxic Leo please just stay dead if that's possible!"
Another tweeted: "Damn that was some fall Leo," followed by a shocked emoji.
One said: "Woah that was intense and physical of Kush pushing Leo off."
EastEnders continues tomorrow at 7.30pm on BBC One to see if Leo survives or not.
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