Double murder suspect dead after shooting in entertainment district, SIU investigates
Posted July 25, 2015 7:23 am.
Last Updated July 26, 2015 7:29 am.
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A 21-year-old man shot and killed in the entertainment district early Saturday morning was a suspect wanted in connection with a double murder investigation.
The province’s Special Investigations Unit has been called in after the man died following a shooting in the area of Peter and Adelaide streets.
The SIU confirmed that the man shot was Kwasi Skene-Peters.
Skene-Peters was wanted on an arrest warrant for first-degree murder in last month’s shooting in the Queen Street and Dovercourt Road area that left two people dead.
The SIU said that Toronto police officers approached a vehicle on Peter Street shortly before 2 a.m., there was an interaction between police and the 21 year old, and the man was shot.
The man was rushed to hospital where he died a short time later.
The SIU is called in when police officers are involved in incidents where someone has been seriously injured, dies or alleges sexual assault.
Abdiweli Abdullahi and Mohamed Abdiwal Dirie, both 26 and both from Toronto, were fatally shot in a condo on Lisgar Street on the morning of June 28.
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