Los Angeles, Ca
3 dead in apparent fentanyl overdose in downtown L.A.; officer hospitalized due to exposure
An obvious fentanyl overdose is being blamed for the deaths of three males who had been present in a downtown Los Angeles house constructing Thursday morning.
Police mentioned they acquired a name at about 1:15 a.m. from the spouse of one of many victims asking for a welfare test.
Officers arrived on the constructing within the 600 block of South Spring Road to seek out three unresponsive males, a Los Angeles Police Division spokesperson confirmed.
Los Angeles Fireplace Division personnel and a hazmat crew additionally responded to the house, the place the three males had been pronounced lifeless.
The unidentified males had been described as being of their 40s.
The deaths are being investigated as doable fentanyl overdoses, the spokesperson mentioned.
One officer needed to be transported from the scene after affected by obvious fentanyl publicity.
The officer was responsive and is predicted to be OK.
Investigators mentioned the incident seemed to be remoted to a single unit of the house constructing.