Toronto police have identified the 72-year-old man killed in a shooting outside a café in the area of Dufferin St. and Glencairn Ave. on Monday.

In a news release Tuesday, police said officers arrived to the scene around 6:45 p.m. and found Vito Lapolla, of Toronto, with gunshot wounds in a vehicle outside Tony’s Espresso Bar.

Lapolla was rushed to the hospital where he later died, police said.

Police say the suspect fled the area in a white SUV and was last seen travelling north on Dufferin St. He is described as being around 5-foot-10 with a thin build and dressed in all black with a hooded sweater.

Speaking with reporters Monday, Det-Sgt. Andy Singh said while they initially thought it was a drive-by shooting, they now believe the shooter was on foot before taking aim.

“There was a shooter that came out of a vehicle, progressed to shooting at our victim, and then got back in the vehicle,” he told reporters.

Councillor Mike Colle (Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence) said he recognized Lapolla as a retired carpenter.

The shooting marked the city’s 46th homicide and 25th fatal shooting of 2019.