BRAMPTON, Ont. -- Police say they believe two separate shootings that left two men dead in Brampton, Ont., are related.

Peel regional police say two men were shot dead and a woman is injured following the shootings that both happened in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Police say Clifford Correia, 27, of Brampton died in hospital and a woman in her 20s is in life-threatening condition as a result of one of the shootings.

They say Derrick McKeown, 33, from the Georgetown, Ont., area died on the scene of a second shooting.

Police say they believe these were targeted incidents that they appear to be related to one another.