Two men have been injured in two separate drive-by shootings in the GTA Sunday night, one in Scarborough and one in Mississauga.

Toronto police initially received a call for a shooting in the area of Highway 27 and Finch Ave. West at 11 p.m. The caller said her friend was struck by gunfire from a car that passed by and shot at their car, police said.

The victims are a 32-year-old man from Mississauga and a 43-year-old man from Brampton. Peel Regional police said the victims drove themselves to a local hospital where the 43-year-old was treated for minor injuries while the 32-year-old was transferred to a trauma centre. He is reportedly in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries.

The investigation was taken over by Peel after it was discovered that the shooting actually occurred at 9 p.m. within their jurisdiction, in the area of Highway 401 and Highway 403 in Mississauga, hours before Toronto police were called.

The OPP closed down Highway 403’s eastbound ramp to the Highway 401 eastbound collector lane for about an hour while police investigated.

In a second separate incident, Toronto police received a call at 12:15 a.m. for a shooting at Victoria Park Ave. and Eglinton Ave E. in Scarborough. A man called in saying five shots were fired at him from a car driving by, spokesperson Gary Long said. Police searched the area for the car, which they said was blue in colour, but didn’t find it. There were no victims but police found a bullet hole at a variety store in the area, confirming the gunshots.

Minutes earlier, police received a call about sounds of gunshots from the area of Victoria Park Ave. and Holswade Rd., down the road from the second call. Police said the calls may be related but have not confirmed a link.

Police have not released descriptions of suspects or vehicles in either case. Toronto police are appealing to witnesses to reach out to them with information by either calling 416-808-3300 or reaching out anonymously through CrimeStoppers.

Toronto has recorded 262 shootings and 354 victims of shootings as of August 20, according to Toronto Police. Occurrences are up 6 per cent from the same time last year.

With files from Alexandra Jones

Premila D’Sa is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star’s radio room in Toronto. Follow her on Twitter: @premila_dsa

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