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Warrant issued for Kwasi Skene-Peters in Lisgar Street double murder

A warrant has been issued for a 21-year-old Toronto man possibly involved in a double murder at a condo unit near Lisgar Street and Queen Street West, according to police.

21-year-old man considered armed, dangerous

A warrant has been issued for a 21-year-old Toronto man for his alleged role in adouble murder ata condo unit near Lisgar Street and Queen Street West,according to police.

Kwasi Skene-Peters is wanted by police for two counts of first-degree murder. Police consider Skene-Peters armed and dangerous. They are warning the public not to approach him, but to call 911 immediately.

Skene-Peters is the second suspect in the shooting incident. Kamal Hassan, 23, of Toronto,already surrendered to police.

Hassan was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and is scheduled to appear in court Saturday morning.

On June 28, two men were found deadin a uniton the22ndfloor of the Edge at theTriangle Parkcondo building at 36LisgarStreet, near Queen Street West and DufferinStreet,police said.

They were identified as Abdiweli Abdullahi andMohamed Abdiwal Dirie, both of Toronto.Theirdeaths mark the24thand25thhomicides in Toronto this year.

Dirie was one of dozens arrested in the Project Traveller raids in 2013, police confirmed.

Project Traveller, which was launched in 2012 and targeted alleged gang members and drug dealers, became well known in Toronto after police recovered a video of former mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine during the investigation.