Police have identified the man killed in a Leslieville shooting last week as 29-year-old Ceyon Carrington.

Carrington was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in an alleyway near Carlaw Ave. and Queen St. E. around 10 p.m. on March 23. He later succumbed to his injuries in hospital.

Friends of the victim identified him on social media after the incident, and said that he was on his way to a recording studio when he was shot. Police confirmed Carrington’s identity in a released statement Monday.

According to police, the victim was approached from behind and shot multiple times after getting out of a taxi with a friend. A passerby then tried to administer first aid before emergency responders arrived.

Witnesses say that they heard several shots before a black car could be seen speeding away from the scene.

“I just heard the rev,” said resident Chad Davis, who could see the area from his apartment window. “And it was a good ten seconds after the shots, which kind of surprised me.”

Police are looking for a male suspect, described as black, between 5’8” and 6’ with a medium build. He was wearing dark clothing and fled the scene in a newer-model black Hyundai sedan with tinted windows.

Before the incident, Carrington had faced charges of first-degree murder in connection with a shooting at Toronto's Garden Restaurant in November 2014 that left a 31-year-old man dead.

The charges against Carrington were later stayed due to insufficient evidence.

Police say it is too early to tell if the two shootings are related in any way.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at (416) 808-7400 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at (416) 222-TIPS (8477).

With files from May Warren and Brennan Doherty