TORONTO -- A male victim has been taken to hospital with serious injuries following a shooting in Scarborough.

Shots rang out in the area of Lawrence Avenue East and Scarborough Golf Club Road at around 10:15 p.m.

Toronto police said a male victim with gunshot wounds was located inside a vehicle, and that multiple shots were reportedly fired between two vehicles.

Toronto Paramedic Services said they were transporting a patient to hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.

A suspect vehicle described as a red sport utility vehicle was last seen fleeing east on Lawrence Avenue East, police said.