TORONTO

Two men were wounded in separate shootings hours apart Tuesday at the same Etobicoke apartment buildings — a complex with a deadly history.

Toronto Police say gunfire erupted at 2063 Islington Ave., north of Dixon Rd., for the second time around 8 p.m.

But it was immediately clear whether the gunplay was connected to a shooting that occurred about five hours earlier at the complex.

Nor were cops able to say if the shootings were gang-related.

“It’s still under investigation,” Staff-Sgt. Brent Swackhamer, of 23 Division, said Tuesday night.

In the second shooting, officers found a male victim at the rear of the buildings.

“He suffered from multiple gunshot wounds,” Const. Jenifferjit Sidhu said. “Paramedics rushed him to hospital via an emergency run.

His age was not known and his injuries are considered life threatening.

Sidhu said another man was shot at the complex around 3:15 p.m.

“It’s believed he was shot in the underground parking garage,” she said. “But when officers arrived at the buildings they found him out front.”

The 22-year-old was whisked away to hospital with injuries that are not life-threatening.

Cops were not immediately able to say if the shootings were gang-related.

However, members of the Gun and Gang Task Force were among the officers who responded to the complex.

There was a double homicide last fall behind the same complex, which is located across the street from Don Bosco Catholic high school.

Zaid Yousif, 17, and Michael Menjivar, 15, were gunned down on Oct. 6 in a field at the rear of the apartment buildings. Their killer has not been found.

Anyone with information regarding Tuesday’s shootings should call police at 416-808-2300 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477).

chris.doucette@sunmedia.ca