Author: Kayla Fitzgerald / Source: The Mercury News
By Kayla Fitzgerald and Staff Reports
CHICO >> One person is dead and four are in critical condition after apparent drug overdoses Saturday morning in an incident that Chico police Chief Mike O’Brien described as “horrific.
”“Every indication is that this mass overdose incident was caused from the ingestion of some form of fentanyl in combination with another substance,” O’Brien said at a press conference Saturday afternoon. “That is yet to be confirmed but we do anticipate confirmation in the coming days.”
A Chico Police Department news release listed the address as just off Ceres Street near East Avenue east of Highway 99.
“One male individual was pronounced dead at the scene. We are not releasing any further details on that death,” O’Brien said.
According to Mike Rodden, Chico police commander, all of the people hospitalized were over 18 and most appeared to be in their 20s. The first reports came in to the police department around 9 a.m., Rodden said.
In addition to those transported to Enloe Medical Center, two police officers were transported as a precaution after they told firefighters on scene they were feeling some effects, O’Brien said.
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