Woman faces charges after firearm found in fire damaged building

TORONTO, Ont. – A 22 year old woman has been charged with four offences after workers repairing fire damage at a downtown highrise found a firearm in her closet.

In October, workers doing repairs at 200 Wellesley Street entered one unit, and saw a white box located in a closet.

Police allege the worker opened the box and found a Heckler and Koch model 91 semi-automatic assault rifle.  

Shar-Dey Phipps-Walker, who was forced from her unit following the massive fire on September 24, has been charged with unauthorized possession of a firearm, careless storage of a firearm, in addition to two other charges.

She made a court appearance Thursday morning. 

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