Toronto police said early Thursday that a man and a woman were injured after a shooting in North York, while York Regional Police say a man died after a shooting in Vaughan.
A shooting in the area of Keele Street and Sheppard Avenue was reported at around 4 a.m.
Paramedics said they took two people to a local hospital in serious condition.
Meanwhile, in York Region, police there said officers responded to a weapons call in the area of Dufferin Street and Summeridge Drive in Vaughan at 3:45 a.m.
York Regional Police said they found a man at the side of the road suffering from a gunshot wound.
He later died in hospital and homicide detectives have taken over the investigation, police said,
York police said they are working with Toronto police as they found two people suffering from gunshot wounds a short time later.
“We are working closely with Toronto police to establish whether or not the people found in Toronto were connected to the shooting that occurred here,” Sgt. Clint Whitney told reporters just outside the scene in Vaughan.
“We don’t know if this is definitively linked to this shooting, but we are open to the possibility,” Whitney continued. “It is an obvious coincidence and we’re looking into it. But it is early in the investigation.”
Toronto police told Global News earlier the two incidents are believed to be possibly related.
No information on suspects was released.
Anyone with information or dash cam video is urged to contact police.