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Peel Regional Police have issued an arrest warrant for a suspect in connection to last weekend’s stabbing death of 18-year-old Maxwell Chavez.

Homicide investigators issued a Canada-wide warrant for Richard Ireland, 18, for second-degree murder and believe he is “actively evading police,” according to a news release.

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On Oct. 14, violence unfolded shortly before 1 a.m. in a parking lot outside a McDonald’s restaurant on Lakeshore Rd. E., just west of Cawthra Rd., in Mississauga.

Officers responded to “a disturbance call” at the plaza and arrived at the scene to find two men, both 18, suffering from stab wounds.

Chavez, a Toronto resident, died. The other victim suffered serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.

On Friday, police charged Trayon Johnson, 23, of Mississauga, with second-degree murder.

Cops continue to hunt for Ireland, who is described as white, 5-foot-10, 130 pounds, with brown eyes and should-length brown hair.

Police said do not approach him and if spotted, call 911 immediately.

Anyone with information should call police at 905-453-2121, ext. 3205 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

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