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One person was shot in the head in Toronto near Jane Street and Finch Avenue on Friday evening, Toronto Police say.

Police received a call about a shooting near Driftwood Avenue just before 10 p.m. Friday.

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There is one confirmed victim, who has been taken to hospital, police said. No word yet on the victim’s condition.

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In a separate shooting, two people were sent to hospital after being shot near Jane and Bloor streets at about 11:30 p.m.

The latest shootings comes at the end of a particularly bloody week in Toronto.

On Monday, a mass shooting at a community barbecue in the suburb of Scarborough left two dead and 23 injured with gunshot wounds, making it one of the worst incidents of gun violence in Toronto’s history.

Nahom Tsegazab, 19, has been charged with reckless discharge of a firearm in connection with the shooting, but police are still looking for suspects.

On Tuesday, a man was found dead in a soccer field on Emmett Avenue, near Jane Street and Eglinton Avenue.

And early Thursday, a man in his 20s was found dead in a school playground in the city’s northwest end, in Lawrence Heights near the intersection of Flemington Road and Varna Drive.

With files from National Post staff