AKIPRESS.COM - Gunfire rang out in the middle of a bustling Toronto neighborhood Sunday night, killing a girl and young woman who are now tied to the more than 200 shootings in the city so far this year, ABC Newsreported.

It was about 10 p.m. Sunday when a gunman fired round after round as residents sat down to dinner in an area populated by bars and restaurants, police said.

The shooter killed the 10-year-old girl and the 18-year-old woman and left 13 others injured. Police killed the suspect in a gunfight, according to authorities.

Toronto Mayor John Tory Monday morning called it "a tragedy -- another tragedy in our city this year," where shootings have been on the rise for its 2.9 million residents.

Since 2014, shootings and shooting victims had more than doubled in Toronto by last year, according to the Toronto Police Service. Statistics through the first half of 2018 show similar increases.

Year to date (as of July 16)
2014: 97 shootings, 123 victims
2015: 160 shootings, 255 victims
2016: 201 shootings, 285 victims
2017: 196 shootings, 286 victims
2018: 220 shootings, 286 victims

Year end
2014: 177 shootings, 242 victims
2015: 288 shootings, 429 victims
2016: 407 shootings, 581 victims
2017: 395 shootings, 594 victims