One of two deceased victims in what police believe are related shootings in Brampton on Sunday (Sept. 2), left an emotional Facebook post that appeared to be in reference to a surviving victim of an earlier shooting the same morning.

In a Sept. 2 release, Peel Police identified 33-year-old Derrick Mckeown of Georgetown as Peel Region's 20th murder victim, after officers discovered his body on a boulevard in the area of Townley Crescent and Sunforest Drive suffering from obvious trauma, later determined to be gunshot wounds.

Mckeown was gunned down just six hours after a couple were shot in the back of a taxi on Vodden Street East, just west of Kennedy Road. At approximately 12:43 a.m on Sunday, Clifford Correia of Brampton was shot and later pronounced dead in hospital.

Correia's girlfriend, Jessica Baycroft, also suffered gunshot wounds in the assault and was transported to a separate trauma centre. She is expected to survive.

Police described the suspect as a white male wearing dark clothing, who fled in a dark-coloured Ford F-150.

Peel Police confirmed in the release investigators believed the two murders were targeted and related.

Chaplain Delroy Sherman, who assists Peel police as a counsellor in traumatic cases, was on scene and spoke to the male victim's brother, who told him the two victims were a couple.

"I was on the scene a couple of hours and met one of the family members. They didn't want to talk too much, but I was able to have some prayers with them and give them comfort," he said.

According to Mckeown's Facebook page, he and Baycroft had previously been in a relationship. The pair had a child together, but appeared to be estranged based on Mckeown's public Facebook posts over previous months.

Peel Police said Mckeown was shot and killed at 6:34 a.m. on Sept. 2. In a bizarre twist, according to his Facebook page, he posted the following sometime between 4-5 a.m.