Homicide detectives are investigating after a shooting west of downtown Edmonton early Sunday morning left a man dead and two others injured.

Edmonton police were called to the area of 116th Street and Jasper Avenue at around 1 a.m. Sunday morning after several reports of shots fired in the area.

Police said two of the victims fled in a black SUV after being shot. One victim was found in the area of 109th Street and 104th Avenue a short time after. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

James Vanderland of the Edmonton Police Service said the man was "ejected" from the vehicle.

"The vehicle was travelling at a high rate of speed to get the victims to the hospital, and upon cornering, he was ejected from the vehicle," Vanderland said Sunday. "Whether he was pushed out or fell out just because of the force, we don't know that yet."

James Vanderland of the Edmonton Police Service says an autopsy will be scheduled for Tuesday morning. (Scott Neufeld/CBC)

The woman in the vehicle made it to hospital and is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries. The other male who was shot is also being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

Homicide detectives continue to investigate and an autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday morning.

'It freaked me out'

Kennedy Lagman was at a bar on Jasper Avenue and 116th Street Saturday night when he decided to go outside and get some fresh air with a friend.

They were across the street in a parking lot when the shooting happened.

"Next thing you know, all you hear is 'pop pop pop pop,'" Lagman said.

"I want to say six to eight shots. And then shortly after I heard a vehicle speed off, a couple people yelling and screaming. I kind of thought, 'That's definitely not fireworks.'

"It sounded only like one weapon was fired."

Lagman said he saw two people running away. He didn't want to linger, so he ran down the street with his friend and saw a woman on the balcony of a nearby apartment building. She yelled down at them asking if they were OK, and they asked her to call 911.

Lagman said the woman then invited them inside her apartment to calm down and, about 15 minutes after hearing gunshots, the pair walked back to the bar.

By this time, he said, there were police vehicles everywhere and he was still in shock when the bouncer asked him what happened.

Neither Lagman nor his friend was injured.

"[It was] one of those times in life where you're like, 'Oh boy, how did I get myself in this situation?'" he said.

"It freaked me out. I was in shock."

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact police.