One man is dead and another injured after an early morning shooting involving moving vehicles on Highway 410 in Brampton.

Peel Region police were called to Highway 410, near Sandalwood Pkwy. E., around 2:30 a.m. Monday where they found two victims with apparent gunshot wounds in a vehicle on the highway. One was pronounced dead on scene while the other was transported to hospital with serious injuries.

A suspect vehicle is reported to have fled the scene following the shooting and was abandoned in a neighbourhood just east of the highway, police said.

“We have multiple crime scenes right now,” Const. Heather Cannon told reporters at the scene.

Police say the Special Investigations Unit has invoked their mandate to investigate after a police officer fired a weapon at the suspect vehicle, described as a black Audi.

The Audi was stopped next to a pickup truck when police arrived on scene, the SIU said. When police arrived, the Audi reversed and drove away, despite the police’s attempt to block its path. The officer fired at the vehicle as it left the scene, the SIU said.

The vehicle was later located in a nearby residential neighbourhood at Checkerberry Cres. and Geddes Ln.

There were also reports of a carjacking of an Uber vehicle, a Honda Pilot, in the area where the suspect vehicle was located. Cannon did not speak about those reports.

Cannon said homicide detectives will be canvassing for witnesses and video footage through the day.

Three SIU investigators and three forensic investigators have been assigned to this case. Because no occupant of the Audi has been located, the SIU continues to investigate whether anyone sustained any serious injury.

The SIU is an arm’s length agency that investigates reports involving police where there has been death, serious injury or allegations of sexual assault.

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With files from Brampton Guardian

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