TORONTO -- Police are investigating a fatal shooting that happened in downtown Toronto early Monday morning.

Toronto police say an ambulance was called at about 2:30 a.m. (to the area of Sherbourne Street and Dundas Street).

They say a male was found with an apparent gunshot wound, and shell casings were found nearby.

The victim was taken to hospital and pronounced dead.

The death caps off a violent weekend in Toronto -- four other people were killed in three separate incidents over the course of 24 hours.