TORONTO - A woman in her 20s is lucky to be alive after allegedly being pushed from the 11th floor of a North York highrise.
Toronto Police were responding to a gun call at 150 Graydon Hall Dr., near Don Mills and York Mills Rds. when the woman fell and destroyed a ground floor satellite dish that may have saved her life.
She was among four people, including an undercover cop, who suffered injuries during the 4:58 p.m. Wednesday incident.
It occurred after a woman called 911 to report a gun, police said.
They went to a 19th-floor unit and then to an apartment on the 11th floor, where they found a massage parlour and a woman who was screaming on the balcony, police alleged.
Officers had to break a door to get onto the balcony but failed to stop a man from allegedly "throwing" the woman over the railing, police said.
They said a scuffle broke out as they tried to arrest the man, who now faces a slew of charges.
A woman, who's suspected of being a madam of the parlour, was also detained.
Officers allege the madam operates other sex dens in the quiet and well-kept building.
Toronto Police Const. Tony Vella said officers were responding to "unknown trouble" at the unit and refused to comment further on the case because it was being probed by the Special Investigations Unit, as police were involved when the woman suffered her injuries.
Meanwhile, more than 100 residents were kept waiting to get into the building, which was sealed with police tape for several hours.
"We were kept in lockdown inside the building for more than an hour," said tenant Amanda Leduc, 32. "I am a little concerned about my safety."
SIU officials refused to comment on their probe late Wednesday.
