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Toronto man faces murder charges in 2 different shootings

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Homicide squad investigating fatal shooting in downtown Toronto
WATCH ABOVE: Police are investigating after a man was fatally shot in front of a downtown Toronto nightclub early Friday. Marianne Dimain reports. (Feb. 8) – Feb 8, 2019

Toronto police say a man has been charged with two counts of murder related to shootings that took place more than six months apart.

Investigators say they arrested 33-year-old Ibrahim Khiar on Wednesday.

READ MORE: 1 of 4 injured in Kensington Market shooting dies in hospital, police say

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He is charged with second-degree murder in a shooting that sent four people to hospital in the city’s bustling Kensington Market neighbourhood at 10:30 p.m. last Canada Day.

One of those injured, 19-year-old Marcel Teme, died in hospital three days later.

Police say Khiar is also charged with first-degree murder in the death of 24-year-old Jaunoi Christian.

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Christian was gunned down outside a Toronto nightclub on Feb. 8.

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