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The faces of both suspects are in full view on the video.

Upon jumping back over the counter, security footage shows that suspect being tackled to the ground by a bank patron, identified as Carl Fraser, 54. The man with the gun then allegedly tries to shoot at Mr. Fraser, but ends up striking a 22-year-old bank teller in the thigh.

The suspects flee, allegedly with Mr. Fraser’s iPhone, and, remarkably, he gives chase to the parking lot, where he is shot in the abdomen, said Insp. Earl.

The men escaped with a “minimal” sum of money in an allegedly stolen green Honda Civic that was later found near Jane and Wilson. A dye pack had exploded on some of the bills that were left scattered at the scene.

Both victims remain in hospital and are expected to survive.

The bullet has been removed from the young teller’s leg. Mr. Fraser was at Sunnybrook Hospital, having sustained injuries to his left diaphragm, his bowel, his kidney and pancreas, which each had to be partially removed, and his spleen, which was completely removed.

“Carl isn’t one to take someone pointing a gun in his face lightly,” said Mark Bosa, who used to work with Mr. Fraser in roofing and visited him at Sunnybrook on Monday. “Some people would curl up in a ball,” but Mr. Fraser is more of a “street fighter,” said Mr. Bosa. He said his long-time friend, who is married and has a son and daughter, is “very upset” the young teller was injured. “He definitely regrets that. He did what he thought was right and that was defending other people.”