A gang member who was shot dead in a South Pointe townhome last November is the person who pulled the trigger in a fatal nightclub shooting just days earlier, Winnipeg police say.

Jamshaid Wahabi, 23, died after being shot inside Citizen Nightclub in downtown Winnipeg at around 1:30 a.m. on Nov. 2. Another man was shot in the lower body at the club at the corner of Princess Street and Bannatyne Avenue.

Less than 48 hours later, Rig Moulebou, 20, a former Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute all-star football player, was found dead with gunshot wounds inside an Airbnb rental property on Tim Sale Drive.

After Moulebou's death, police said they believed both shootings were gang-related.

Police now say their investigation has determined the killings were in fact connected, and that Moulebou was shot in retribution for the shooting death of Wahabi.

"If Moulebou was still alive he would've been charged with a form of homicide," Winnipeg police spokesperson Const. Jay Murray told reporters Tuesday.

The November shooting death of Moulebou at a Winnipeg nightclub has sparked other violent incidents throughout Winnipeg, connected with an ongoing feud between two gangs, Winnipeg police say. (Rachel Bergen/CBC)

Three men, all 23 years old, are now facing first-degree murder charges in connection with Moulebou's death.

Arnold Nduta was arrested on Jan. 22. Abdullahi Mohamed was arrested in Winnipeg's Exchange District last Friday, and Manuchehr Haroon was arrested in Brandon, Man., on Monday.

Police did not say whether they are looking for any more suspects. They are, though, asking anyone with information about a black truck that was in the South Pointe area before Moulebou's shooting, as well as a black Mercedes in the same area after he was killed, to contact Crime Stoppers or the Winnipeg Police Service homicide unit.

Gangs fuelling violence in city

Murray said Tuesday that Wahabi's death has sparked other violent incidents throughout Winnipeg, connected with an ongoing feud between two gangs.

He would not go into specific detail about the violence, but said there have been shootings and "other types of violence" that are not isolated to any particular neighbourhoods.

"It can be very dynamic, but there's certainly a level of increased violence that we've seen from these groups since [Wahabi's] homicide."

Citizen Nightclub at the corner of Princess Street and Bannatyne Avenue has been closed since the Nov. 2 shooting. (Bartley Kives/CBC)

The gangs involved are made up primarily of newcomers to Canada, many of whom came from war-torn countries, Murray said.

He also said that the gangs are not from the inner city, and that many of their members live in more affluent parts of Winnipeg.

"A lot of the members of these groups are transients — they switch their allegiances perhaps overnight," he said.

Police previously announced that the November arrest of another man who was wanted in connection with the nightclub shooting of Wahabi led police to a cache of high-powered guns and ammunition.

Police were tipped off that Rami Hagos, a 24-year-old man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for his alleged involvement, was at Wahabi's funeral.

After the funeral, police stopped the vehicle that Hagos was in and took him into custody. They found a .50-calibre semi-automatic handgun in his possession, which was traced back to a house on Marine Drive. Using a search warrant, police seized 22 firearms from the home, including four .50-calibre semi-automatic handguns.

Citizen Nightclub has remained closed since the shooting happened.

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