One dead, five injured in weekend shootings

One man was killed and another remains in hospital with life-threatening injuries after two shootings in Toronto early Sunday.

Police responded to a shooting call at a condo building at 1001 Bay Street, near Wellesley Street West, at 3:20 a.m.

The building was hit with at least 6 bullets and at least one struck a 32-year-old man in the back.

Lia Messina was one of a number of horrified witnesses.

"I think it was 5 or 6 (shots). I was in too much shock to count," she said.

Paramedics rushed the man to a nearby trauma unit, but he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Police say the victim and a number of friends had just been dropped off outside the building by a white stretch limousine. When they got out, the shooter was waiting for them.

"It appears at this time that the victim was targetted," said Detective Graham Gibson of the Toronto Police Service.

Gibson said police are looking for the drivers of one or two white limousines and are asking any other witnesses to come forward.

Police recovered a hand gun near Queen's Park Crescent & Hoskin Avenue that may be linked to the shooting.

This is Toronto's 53rd homicide of the year, and the 8th this month.

In the other incident, five people - three men and two women - were shot at a Scarborough banquet hall on Ellesmere Road, near Midland Avenue, around 3:30 a.m.

Toronto police said a 35-year-old man was still in hospital with life-threatening injuries, but the other four victims were treated in hospital and released.

No arrests have been made in either shooting.