Toronto police have identified the victim of a shooting in Scarborough on Friday as 32-year-old Bryan Thomas from the Peterborough area.

Emergency crews were called to the area around Victoria Park Avenue and Highway 401 area just after 8 p.m. following a report of gunshots and an injured man lying on the ground in a parking lot.

Thomas was rushed to a trauma centre with an upper-body injury. He was later pronounced dead in hospital.

Emergency crews were called to the scene in the Victoria Park Avenue and Highway 401 area on Friday evening. (Chris Dunseith/CBC)

Police say numerous shell casings were found at the scene and added Saturday that suspects were seen leaving the area eastbound on Terraview Boulevard in a white subcompact vehicle.

Homicide investigators have taken over the case.

Investigators are appealing for witnesses and anyone else with information to contact police at 416-808-7400 or leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers at 416-222-8477.

Thomas's slaying is the 15th homicide in Toronto this year.