A shooting in a Queen St. E. bar Monday night that left one man dead and four others injured could have been even more serious, Toronto police say, because the gunman was “not in control of his firearm” and the other victims were hit by stray bullets ricocheting.

The shooting took place on the patio of the Libertarian Public House, at the corner of Queen and Sherbourne St., just before 11:20 p.m.

The two tables the five victims were sitting at were in close proximity, but police said the shooter had just one target.

“Knowing the location of some of the wounds, I would say we’re very lucky we don’t have three murder victims here,” Det. Sgt. Hank Idsinga said. “Innocent people shouldn’t be getting struck by bullets when they’re simply out having a drink at a local bar.”

Two videos released Tuesday by police show a man wearing a hoodie and a mask over his lower face walking into the bar with his hands in his pockets and continuing to the patio, where he opens fire.

The hoodie appears white in the video, but is actually black, police said, with what they believe is a “Hollister” logo.

Idsinga said there were at least five to seven shots fired, and that the suspect began shooting as soon as he entered the patio area, focusing his attack on a 32-year-old Toronto man who later died in hospital.

Idsinga said the bar’s security footage shows that the suspect fired in “very close” proximity.

“He’s probably 10 feet away from the target when he begins shooting, but he ends up standing right over him and continues to fire,” he said.

Despite the suspect’s attempts to cover his face, Idsinga said that “ultimately, we should be able to identify him.”

The suspect was last seen heading east on Queen. Idsinga said police “have witnesses who indicate he got into a vehicle on Queen St.”

There was no description of the vehicle.

All of the victims were Toronto men in their 20s and 30s, police said.

Idsinga said police would not be releasing the name of the dead man at his family’s request.

One man is still in hospital in serious, but stable condition.

There was “a bit of a mish mash getting to the hospital,” Idsinga said, with some of the victims taken in an ambulance from the scene, and some picked up on the street by ambulance after attempting to walk to the hospital.

One man “definitely did walk in by himself,” which made it initially difficult for police to figure out the number of victims connected to the shooting.

Police said they searched nearby garbages for a discarded weapon, but have had no luck as of yet.

Until about noon Tuesday, police tape surrounded the bar.

Across the street at Alfie’s Bar and Grill, patrons discussed the shooting, some alleging that they saw the shooter in the area often, and that he was a drug dealer.

Police told the Star at the scene that the shooting was related to “street gang” activity.

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“We’ve got some links to some street gangs, but as far as any drug trafficking, I don’t have any information to assist that,” Idsinga said. “I believe the target was known to the assailant.”

Alfie’s was the scene of their own shooting earlier this year, when a 16-year-old was shot in the neck on Jan. 13.

Police ask anyone with information about the shooting to contact 51 Division or Crime Stoppers.