A man is dead and another person is in critical condition following a shooting in a bar in Weston early Thursday morning, police say.

Around 1:30 a.m., Toronto police tweeted that a man walked into the Red Room Restaurant, near Jane St. and Lawrence Ave., and started shooting.

Officers located two victims suffering life-threatening injuries, one of whom died on scene. The other victim was rushed to a trauma centre, police said.

A grey SUV was seen leaving the area following the shooting, police said.

Police say the homicide unit is investigating.

Toronto police identified 20-year-old Miganeh Idriss as the victim of the shooting.

Four other shootings were reported across the city overnight, leaving at least two others in critical condition.

Around 11 p.m. Wednesday evening, a man arrived in hospital with life-threatening injuries after gunfire was heard in the area of Lawrence Avenue and Dufferin Street and a car was seen riddled with bullet holes.

Around 4 a.m. Thursday morning, a man was rushed to a trauma centre with critical injuries after a shooting near Greenwood Avenue and Gerrard Street East.

Gun violence continues to be at record levels in Toronto. As of Thursday, at least 251 people had been killed or injured in shootings this year, a number that, with nearly eight weeks left in 2019, already surpasses the highest year-end total in police data that goes back to 2004.

Based on the data, shootings in the city have increased steadily since reaching a low in 2014, which saw 90 people shot by Nov. 7.

The rate of violence this year has so far exceeded the previous record, 2005, which was dubbed “the year of the gun,” even accounting for population growth.

—With files from Ed Tubb