Police say two victims of separate Toronto shootings have died in hospital.
The first shooting occurred Friday afternoon outside one of the entrances to Scarborough Town Centre.
Officers were called there shortly after 2:10 p.m. and said at the time that a 26-year-old man was transported to hospital in serious but non-life-threatening condition after being shot in the abdomen.
Investigators said that he later died from his injuries in hospital.
He has been identified as 26-year-old Jordon Marcelle of Toronto.
Police said the shooting was targeted and the victim was known to police.
The second shooting happened Friday night in the Jane Street and Woolner Avenue area.
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Police were called there at 10:17 p.m.
Officers said five people were injured as a suspect vehicle entered a plaza parking lot and shots were fired.
One of the victims, later identified as 20-year-old Mohamed Sow of Toronto, was driven to the hospital prior to the ambulance arriving, police said.
He died on Saturday.
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Anyone with information on the shootings is asked to contact police at 416-808-7400 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477.
— With files from Nick Westoll and Katrina Ramlochan
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