RPD responds to two non-fatal overdoses
Photo illustration: Narcan or Naloxone kit / MGN
(ABC 6 News) – Rochester police responded to two overdoses Dec. 23 and 26, Capt. Casey Moilanen said Tuesday.
According to RPD, at 32-year-old man overdosed in the 1500 block of Marion Road SE at about 11:50 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23.
Officers administered two rounds of Narcan and performed CPR until the man responded.
He was then taken to St. Marys hospital for treatment, Moilanen said.
Another 28 year-old man overdosed at about 1:47 a.m. Monday, Dec. 26, Moilanen added, in the 3800 block of 44th Avenue NW.
The location was a sober house, he said. Another resident at the sober house found the man, and people in the home administered five shots of Narcan until the man responded.
The man allegedly told law enforcement he had smoked what he thought was heroin.
He was also taken to St. Marys hospital.