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Police are hunting for an “armed and dangerous” suspect after the brazen weekend killing of one of the original members of this city’s most notorious street gang.

Mustafa Ahmed, 28, is wanted for second-degree murder in the killing of Omar Rashid-Ghader, 33, who was shot multiple times inside a ByWard Market nightclub in the early hours of Sunday morning.

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Ahmed, who police said is considered armed and dangerous, is a known associate of the victim.

Rashid-Ghader was at the Sentral Night Club, where Brooklyn hip-hop artist Maino was scheduled to perform.

Around 3:20 a.m. Sunday, someone shot Rashid-Ghader multiple times, sending patrons in the club scattering. One of them found a police patrol officer nearby outside.Police tried to resuscitate the victim before paramedics arrived and requested a defibrillator but he was pronounced dead at the scene, said Duty Insp. Sean McDade.

It was the only deadly incident in a spate of four shootings around the city Sunday.