Police have identified the victim of an early-morning shooting in the Danforth as Danny Morales, 35, of Toronto.

The shooting happened around 2:30 a.m. at Danforth and Langford Aves., between the Pape and Donlands subway stations.

Morales was found lying on the sidewalk without vital signs. Paramedics performed CPR, but he was pronounced dead on scene.

“Danny was such a good guy, the violence in our city needs to end now,” Katie Jeanes, a friend of Morales, told the Star. “People are too quick to shoot someone nowadays. So now what about his family and his children that are left without a father? It’s horrible.”

Hours after the Danforth shooting, another man, 32, was killed in a separate shooting near Jane St. and Weston Rd., police said.

Morales and that man are Toronto’s 64th and 65th homicide victims of 2018.

Police have arrested Jorge Jose, 27, of Toronto in connection with Morales’s death. He has been charged with second-degree murder.

Anna Zhony, a bartender at Maple Leafs Sports Bar & Grill which is next to where Morales was shot, said he was concerned the violence could affect area businesses.

The incident took place exactly a month after two people were killed and 12 others were hurt in a mass shooting on the Danforth.

“This is really too bad,” she said. “I think nobody likes the shootings. I just don’t understand what’s going on.”

Marcus Van Word, who lives nearby and had been out for dinner at the Legends Sports Lounge earlier in the evening, said he heard people involved in the shooting had been seen at several places on the Danforth earlier Tuesday.

“I love the Danforth. It has always been a peaceful place until now,” he said.

Brenda Martin, a resident who has lived on Danforth for nearly 10 years, said people are getting scared to go out in the area.

She said she was at the park near Logan Ave. when last month’s shooting happened, and she hasn’t felt totally safe since then.

“I didn’t go to the Taste of the Danforth because of fear,” she said. “I’m sick and tired of all this.”

Police are asking anyone with information to contact the Toronto homicide unit at 416-808-7400.

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The victim of the shooting near Jane St. and Weston Rd. was shot around 10 a.m. Wednesday morning, police said.

Police said the man was found in a white car with a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Det.-Sgt. Mike Patterson told reporters that multiple gunshots were fired from a light blue SUV towards the white car. Another passenger of that car, uninjured, is cooperating with police, he said.

With files from Clare Rayment and Claire Floody