A man is dead after an overnight shooting in Scarborough’s Morningside neighbourhood, Toronto police say.

The shooting took place in the area of Ellesmere and Neilson roads and Military Trail around 2 a.m. Saturday.

In a tweet, police said they responded to reports of shots being fired at or near a home when they found a man suffering “very serious” gunshot injuries.

He was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. He later died in hospital.

Police said the homicide squad is now investigating the shooting.

The man 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.

With files from Star staff