Police say the overdose deaths at a Pittsburgh apartment were isolated to that location. All the victims were wearing orange wrist bands, stoking initial concerns of a widespread health emergency
Authorities responded to a report of an unconscious man in an apartment complex elevator around 2 a.m. Sunday. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, Pittsburgh Director of Public Safety Wendell Hissrich said. Shortly later, paramedics responded to another man a few blocks away, outside, who was"somewhat conscious" and had symptoms similar to those of the first man. He was taken to a nearby hospital, Hissrich said.
Read More"The victims -- including three people who died and four who remain hospitalized -- appear to have been at the same venue together, and then to have gone to a second location at a private residence where they apparently overdosed on drugs," Pittsburgh police said. "The victims all took the narcotics at the same time and in the same location.
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