Peel police have made a third arrest in connection with the murder of a 26-year-old Stouffville man they say was “planned and premeditated.”

Mario Ibrahim was killed on Oct. 22 just before midnight in the city centre area of Mississauga. Police had responded to the shooting after being called to an apartment building on Webb Drive.

Police said the investigation shows that Ibrahim was in his car when someone walked up and shot him several times.

Just two days before the fatal shooting, at around 1:35 a.m. on Oct. 20, Ibrahim and his friend left a business establishment in Mississauga and travelled east in their car on Hwy. 401 approaching Hwy. 427. At that time, a dark-coloured SUV pulled alongside the vehicle, and Ibrahim and his friend were shot at several times. They were uninjured although their vehicle was riddled with bullet holes.

Two days later, when Ibrahim was shot dead, the suspect fled in a similar-looking dark-coloured SUV.

On Monday, a 38-year-old man from Brampton, Jason Williams, was charged with first-degree murder. He attended court the same day.

He was previously arrested on Dec. 4 and charged with robbery and firearms-related offences.

On Dec. 10, investigators told the public they had seized a brown 2012 Infinity IFX SUV they said was the same one used in Ibrahim’s fatal shooting.

Williams’ arrest Monday follows that of two others charged with first-degree murder on Dec. 4: Brandon Drakes-Simon and Melnee Christian, both 24 and from Mississauga.

Police said further investigation led to evidence of a robbery and shooting on Oct. 9 involving the same SUV at about 1:40 a.m. at an adult entertainment club on Invader Crescent in Mississauga.

At that time, a woman was robbed and shots were fired. There were no injuries.

Police are still seeking another suspect in the case. Justin Malcolm, 34, of Brampton, is wanted for robbery and firearms-related offences. Police say he is considered “armed and dangerous.”

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Files from Ali Raza, Mississauga News

Miriam Lafontaine is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star's radio room in Toronto. Follow her on Twitter: @mirilafontaine

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