Police seek public's help in ID'ing woman in video that shows her tossing chair off condo balcony

Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a young woman who threw a chair and other items froman upper floorof a downtown Toronto condo building.

A video posted on the weekend onFacebook with the caption "good morning" shows the woman taking a peek over the balcony, and then throwing a folding chair onto the Gardiner Expressway and Harbour Street area below.

The video cuts out before the chairlands, but police believe it landed on the sidewalk infront of the condo building entrance, said Const. David Hopkinson.

Toronto police say the incident took place around 10 a.m. ET on Saturday in the Harbour and York streets area where there are dozens of condo towersand that a mischief investigation was launched on Sunday morning.

Hopkinsonsaid they know two chairs were likelythrown over the balcony,as well asother items.

"We're looking at 20 to 30 floors up, or more," saidHopkinson. "Had anyone been underneath [the chair], the injuries would have been very, very serious."

Sgt. Ron Boycetold Radio-Canada that police believe the condo is at 55 Bremner Blvd., and said management at the building is working with them.

DEL Property Management, the company that runs the building, said they've provided information to police and declined to comment further about the incident.

The woman is believed to be in her 20s, police say.

Public outrage

"Public outrage is extremely high. I'm getting calls every other minute on this," saidHopkinson, who says thesechairs are 10 to 15 pounds, or 4.5 to 6.8 kilograms.

If a chair had hit somebody,the injuries could have beenvery serious orfatal,he said.

Police do not know the chair-thrower's intent, he said. Depending on the investigation, the person could be charged with publicnuisanceor mischief endangering life, he said.

Hopkinsonsaid they know at least one other person was there: whoever was holding the camera.

He believes there's another video recorded from a lower vantage point than the balcony. It may also identify the woman, he said.

Hopkinson is hoping to get a copy of that videoand says people can send itanonymously to Crime Stoppers.

Other balcony-throwing incidents

Last week, CBC News reported on residents of a downtown condo tower who were infuriating their neighbours in a nearby building by throwing trash and liquor bottles, and vomiting from their balconies.

People have previously been charged for similarincidents.

Last year in Vancouver, a 56-year-old manwas arrested for allegedly throwingfurniture from his nineteenth floor balcony.

The year before that, cement cinderblockswere tossed into Toronto traffic from Highway 401 overpasses. A 32-year-oldwas charged with three counts of mischief endangering life.