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Peel police charge man with 1st-degree murder in fatal Mississauga stabbing

Peel Regional Police badge. Francis Vachon / File / The Canadian Press

Peel police have charged a man with first-degree murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 22-year-old man in Mississauga last Wednesday.

Emergency crews responded to reports about a fight at Meadowvale Town Centre around 7:30 p.m.

Paramedics located and transported two men to hospital, one with life-threatening injuries and the other in stable condition.

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Police later confirmed the man in life-threatening condition died.

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The victim was identified as Heidrah Shraim, of Mississauga.

On Tuesday, police arrested and charged 48-year-old Devin Beals with first-degree murder and aggravated assault.

He was scheduled to appear in a Brampton court Wednesday.

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Anyone with information is asked to call police at 905-453-2121, ext. 3205 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

— With files from Briana Carnegie

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