Homicide investigators believe a man's life came to an end as a result of an apparent robbery in a parking lot in the Weston Road and Rogers Road area on Sunday morning.

Toronto police received reports of a shooting at 5:46 a.m.

Toronto police are investigating a shooting in the Weston Road and Rogers Road area on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014. (Michael Charles Cole/CBC)

Andrew Surage, 47, was found with multiple gun shot wounds.

He was rushed to a trauma centre with life threatening injuries. He was later pronounced dead in hospital.

Police say Surage was attending an after-hours bar at the back of a plaza. He was shot during a robbery, which occurred in the parking lot.

"It was outside, everything took place outside," Det.-Sgt. Graham Gibson told reporters on Sunday.

Investigators are speaking to witnesses and reviewing footage from nearby cameras.

Police say the bar did not have a liquor licence.

Krista Williams, a Toronto resident who lives nearby, said the shooting left her thinking about what could have happened if a bullet had struck her home.

But she wasn't surprised to hear that it happened.

"Every weekend, there's either a fight, or yelling," she said.

Police said they have a suspect who they describe as a white man of medium height, with a medium build, who wore a light-coloured jacket, dark pants and shoes, a baseball hat and a hoodie.

Preliminary statistics posted on the police website suggest that Toronto has seen a decrease in the total number of shootings that have occurred this year compared to last year.

But the city has seen a similar number of fatal shootings this year as it did last year. As of Sept. 26, there had been 18 fatal shootings in Toronto, according to police statistics.