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A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for a 27-year-old man wanted in a fatal stabbing over the weekend in Scarborough.

Joshua Bewley, of Toronto, was identified on Wednesday as the suspect in the slaying of Joel Newby, 23, of Toronto.

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Toronto Police officers were called to a stabbing at 40 Gordonridge Place, a Toronto Community Housing near Danforth Rd. and Midland Ave., around 7:45 a.m. Saturday.

“Officers arrived and located a man suffering from stab wounds,” Const. David Hopkinson said Wednesday. “He succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced at the scene.”

At the highrise on Saturday, Homicide Det.-Sgt. Kevin Leahy told reporters there were two scenes, but the stabbing unfolded inside an apartment.

The victim was believed to be the killer’s “intended target,” he said.

Bewley is wanted for first-degree murder.

He is described as about 6-foot-1 with a slim build and was wearing a navy blue jacket and dark-coloured pants.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 416-808-7400 or Crime Stoppers anonymously.

Newby is the city’s 18 homicide victim of 2018.