Homicide detectives are investigating after a 32-year-old father of two was shot dead behind a Mississauga apartment complex Tuesday night.

Peel Regional Police said on Wednesday that Keith Brissett was shot several times while parked near an apartment building at 7095 Rexwood Ave., near Highway 427 and Derry Road.

Investigators say the victim was sitting in a green car behind the building shortly before 9 p.m. when someone opened fire, hitting the car and the driver. The car rolled across the parking lot, slamming into two other vehicles.

This is Peel Region's ninth homicide of 2011.

According to his children's mother, Denise Maclean, Brissett was dropping his kids off after a soccer game at the apartment building where they lived.

"I just spoke to him and a minute later it was he's been shot, there's been an accident," Maclean said. "I can only tell you good things about him. He was a great father. He was a great son."

Residents of the building say that children were playing not far from where Brissett was shot. Chris Lesperance told CTV Toronto that the sound of gunfire sent everyone scattering Tuesday evening.

"There was a whole bunch of kids playing basketball, a bunch of little kids, and then all of a sudden ‘bang bang bang,'" said Lesperance. "Everybody ran. Everybody was scared."

At the time of his death, Brissett faced a bench warrant to appear in court on charges of careless driving and failing to report property damage. In 2009, he faced drug possession charges that were since dropped.

Brissett's most serious run-in with police came back in 2003, when he was accused, and later acquitted, of premeditated murder.

Peel Regional Police Const. George Tudos said investigators were combing the scene and were also searching for any surveillance video that could lead them to a suspect.

Police are currently searching for a newer model, silver four-door vehicle in connection to the investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to call Peel Regional Police at 905-453-2121 ext. 3205 or anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

With a report from CTV Toronto's Tamara Cherry