All of the victims were adults, while one other person was taken to hospital, Carbone said.
The National Post newspaper reported that the three victims were shot with a crossbow in the garage of a Toronto home and left to bleed out onto the driveway. Drone footage appeared to show at least one body covered by a tarp in the driveway.
In the initial incident, police responding to a call about a stabbing found three people who appeared to have been wounded by crossbow bolts, said another police spokesman David Hopkinson. The two men and a woman were pronounced dead.
An unidentified man, 35, was taken into custody, police said.
"We don`t have any idea with regards to why this may have happened," said Hopkinson.
According to the Post, one of the victims made a 911 call, and the suspect was also seriously wounded.
Television footage showed police tape surrounding part of a residential street in Scarborough, a suburban area east of the city`s downtown area.
In 2010, a man shot his father in the back with a crossbow in a Toronto public library before smashing his skull with a hammer. Zhou Fang, who had suffered domestic abuse, was convicted of a lesser charge of second-degree murder.
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