Mayor Rob Ford may have tried to buy crack video months before reports surfaced

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford may have tried to buy a video of himself smoking crack cocaine for $5,000 and a car, according to several media reports detailing the latest information revealed in police documents.

That shocking revelation is only one claim made in previously redacted portions of a police document used to secure a warrant against Ford's friend Alexander Lisi, charged with drug trafficking and extortion - stemming from alleged attempts to retrieve the video.

The document, known as an “Information to Obtain,” has been publicly released in pieces over the past few weeks, detailing shocking-but-unconfirmed allegations of impropriety against the mayor.

Now, according to the National Post and CTV News, it has been revealed that police wiretaps suggest Ford tried to buy the crack video two months before Gawker and the Toronto Star reported on its existence in May.

Moments after details of the police documents were released on Wednesday, the Star reported that the phone that recorded the notorious video of Ford belonged to deceased alleged gang member Anthony Smith. And it may have been the motive behind his death.

Smith, pictured with Ford in a photo that was shopped around with the video, was killed in downtown Toronto on March 28.

More as the story develops.