Police have identified the victim of a fatal shooting in Scarborough in the early hours on Saturday as Paul Anthony Desouza, 25, of Toronto.

The shooting took place at a townhouse complex on Military Trial, near Ellesmere Road and Neilson Road in Scarborough’s Morningside neighbourhood, around 2 a.m. Saturday.

In a tweet, police said they responded to sounds of shots being fired at or near a home.

When officers arrived, they found a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.

He was rushed to hospital where he later died.

In a news release, police said a post-mortem examination was scheduled for Sunday.

Police said they believe a number of people were present in the area at the time of the shooting.

Anyone who was there, or might have any videos of the shooting is asked to contact investigators at 416-808-7400, or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477.

Desouza is Toronto’s second homicide victim of 2020.

Last year was the city’s bloodiest on record for overall gun violence, with 292 people injured or killed in shootings, more than in any year in police data that goes back to 2004, even adjusted for population growth.

Despite a more-than 20-per-cent increase in the number of shootings over the previous year, 2019 saw seven fewer people killed by guns than 2018.

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