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It turns out the handcuffed suspect with the gun in the back of the police car not only had previous weapons convictions, but was subject to a lifetime firearms ban!

It seems two 51 Division Toronto Police officers metaphorically dodged a potential bullet.

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As TPS brass investigate how in-car video of the suspect was leaked out, officers are calling the video a giant wake up call.

And to make things even more alarming, the Sun has learned that the man in the video — 38-year-old Ali Nassir Showbeg of Mississauga — was previously charged when he was 23 with attempted murder, accused of shooting up a car outside a grocery store at Thistle Downs Blvd. and Albion Rd. on Feb. 13th 2005.

At the time, Supt. Ron Taverner told the Sun’s Jonathan Jenkins that it was lucky people were not killed.

However, searches of Showbeg’s criminal past don’t show any attempted murder convictions, but instead gun related charges in 2006 which resulted in a court-imposed lifetime weapons ban.