Police are now asking witnesses to come forward after a Toronto man was found dead with gunshot wounds overnight in the Dixon Road and Kipling Avenue area, police say.

Police were called to the area after gunshots were heard at around 12:30 a.m. Residents of a home in the area said they felt their house shake around the same time the shots were heard.

Responding to a rented Range Rover SUV that had crashed into a house on Windsor Road, police found a male driver in his 20s suffering from gunshot wounds.

He was rushed to a trauma centre, where he died of his injuries.

He has since been identified by police as 23-year-old Mohamed Omer.

"Gun violence against one person is gun violence against all of the community," Det. Sgt. Joyce Schertzer said late Monday afternoon. "What this does is it makes victims of us all, so if people don't come forward, it just never ends the cycle. We really need people to come forward in a really meaningful way so we can end this."

Police said they could not confirm the exact cause of death until an autopsy -- expected to take place on Tuesday morning -- is completed.

Omer had previous run-ins with the law that appear to have been relatively minor in nature. He was due in a Brampton courtroom Thursday to face a drug possession charge that was laid in February.

No other injuries have been reported in connection with the shooting.

Two males were seen running from the scene after the incident, however no information has been provided yet about possible suspects.

Homicide detectives are investigating.

Anyone with information is being asked to call police at 416-808-2300 or call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477).

With files from Tamara Cherry