A Diamond District merchant linked to a money-laundering scheme was shot and killed execution-style in the busy heart of midtown last night, police said.
Eduard Nektalov, 46, whose family owns Roman Jewelry, was walking up Sixth Ave. when a silent gunman pumped two bullets into his back and one into his head, sources said. The shooting occurred just a half-block north of Diamond Way - W. 47th St.

"It looks like a hit," said one top-ranking police source. "This was an assassination."

In a stranger-than-fiction twist, TV stars Candice Bergen and Lorraine Bracco, who were serving as honorary police commanders for the day, raced to the crime scene with cops.

Perhaps this will inspire a new cop drama a la "Cagney and Lacey"--"Bracco and Bergen" has a nice ring to it.

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