A shooting that started at a Toronto nightclub event hosted by rapper Drake, and then spilled onto the streets outside, left at least two people dead and three others wounded, police said.

Drake performs in Toronto Source: Getty

It wasn't clear if Drake was present during the shooting.

Toronto Deputy Police Chief Peter Sloly said despite a large police presence outside the venue, shots were fired inside Muzik nightclub on the grounds of Exhibition Place in downtown Toronto.

Sloly said there was at least one victim inside the club, then the shooting moved outside.

"This was a brazen, large-scale, ongoing firearm incident where our officers and members of the public were directly in the line of fire," Sloly said. "We are very lucky that this is not a larger body count, quite frankly."

The club said in a statement that the last patrons were exiting the building as gunshots were heard. The club said it had over 70 security guards on duty that night and that visitors were inspected with metal-detecting wands.

Toronto police spokesman Mark Pugash said no arrests have been made. It wasn't immediately clear how many suspects there are, or what led to the shooting.

Sloly told a local television station there were "high-profile entertainment figures" at the party, but he couldn't say whether Drake and rapper Kanye West were there at the time of the shooting.

Police believe there could be more victims at other locations and urged citizens to contact authorities. Sloly said police fired no shots.

Supt. Frank Bergen said the victims were a man and woman in their 20s and 30s. He said three people were hospitalized with various injuries. Sloly said the injuries are not life-threatening.