A man firing a handgun into restaurants and cafes as he walked along a Toronto street has shot 14 people, two fatally, before being killed in an exchange of gunfire with police.
Police Chief Mark Saunders said the shooting on Sunday night in the city's bustling Greektown neighbourhood was not random and he did not rule out terrorism as a motive.
Police said a young woman had died but no details were given on the second victim.
Earlier police had said a nine-year-old girl was in a critical condition.
A video from one witness shows a man dressed in black clothes and a black hat walking quickly and firing three shots from the sidewalk into at least one shop or restaurant.
The condition of the other victims was not known yet, police spokesman Mark Pugash said.
Police located the 29-year-old suspect about three blocks away from the scene and exchanged fire. The man was found dead back on Danforth Street after fleeing.
It is not yet clear whether the man killed himself or died as a result of his injuries after being shot by police.
Witnesses heard many shots and described the suspect walking past restaurants and cafes and patios on both sides of the street and firing into them.
John Tulloch said he and his brother had just gotten out of their car when he heard about 20 to 30 gunshots.
"We just ran. We saw people starting to run so we just ran," he said.
An army of police, paramedics and other first responders quickly descended on the scene, while area residents, some in their pyjamas, emerged from their homes to see what was happening.
Toronto Councillor Paula Fletcher told CP24 she heard that the gunman was emotionally disturbed.
"It's not gang related. It looks like someone who is very disturbed," Fletcher said.
Fletcher said for this to happen in an area where families gather for dinner is a tragedy.
"We were so use to living in a city where these things didn't happen," Toronto Mayor John Tory said. "But there are things that happen nowadays and they are just unspeakable."
This past weekend Toronto police deployed dozens of additional officers to deal with a recent spike in gun violence in the city. Tory said the city has a gun problem.
"Guns are too readily available to too many people," Tory said.
Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said the high commission in Ottawa had been advised by local authorities that "no Australians are known to be among those injured in the shooting in the Greektown area of Toronto."
The mass shooting comes a few months after a driver of a van ploughed into pedestrians on a Toronto sidewalk, killing 10 people and injuring 14.
Authorities have not disclosed a motive but have said the arrested driver, Alek Minassian, posted a message on social media referencing a misogynistic online community before the attack.
