The victim was a marked man and it was a targeted shooting.

A 28-year-old man was rushed to hospital in non-life-threatening injuries on Monday (May 3) morning in a targeted incident in Long Branch, police said.

The victim is about the fifth young man shot in the community in the last month and residents are calling for the gunplay to end.

Among those hit by gunfire was a 14-year-old boy in the Garnett Janes neighbourhood on April 17. He survived.

Traffic was closed off along Lake Shore Blvd. W., near Thirty Seventh Street around 8:30 a.m. as many  were on their way for coffee at a nearby Tim Hortons.

Police said it appears as though four shots were fired as the victim’s car was secured by police for a forensic team.

It is believed that two suspects followed the victim into an area in a black hatchback and at some point pulled alongside the shot man’s vehicle and started firing.

The victim was shot at least once to his lower body, according to police.

Duty Inspector Michael Williams said detectives are following all leads.

“It sounds like two vehicles had seen each other and the suspect vehicle may have followed our victim into this area and then the two cars came door-to-door over on Thirty Seventh Street and that is where the shots were fired,” Williams said, adding that the shots were fired through an open window.

He said Lake Shore Boulevard is a busy street and we are hoping that someone had dash came video or even have some cell phone video they can help us out with.

Williams said that it appears as though the passenger of the hatchback opened fire through an open window and that the vehicle they were in then turned onto Lake Shore Boulevard, where it was last seen headed westbound.

Police said the victim’s vehicle had four bullet holes and four shell casings were found on the street.

“This appears to be a targeted incident,” Williams said.

No suspect descriptions have been released at this point.

Police have circulated a petition online seeking the installation of five CCTV cameras in the Garnett Janes community to help them solve crime and protect residents. Police said there are a number of known gangs in the area.