Four teenagers in Santa Rosa overdosed on suspected fentanyl this weekend and two died, police said Sunday night. A suspected drug dealer has been arrested and investigators are determining if all the overdoses were related. A year-old Santa Rosa High School girl and an year-old male Montgomery High School student were found unresponsive in a bed at a home in the block of Brookwood Drive on Saturday, according to police.
The female caller to had entered the residence after no one answered the door. Officers and first responders arrived at about p. Earlier that day at a. Detectives identified a suspect in the deaths of the teens on Brookwood Drive as a year-old male. Investigators believe the four overdose victims bought what they thought was cocaine, but "was most likely fentanyl," police said in a release sent out Sunday night.
It is still being determined whether what the teens ingested was fentanyl or cocaine laced with fentanyl. According to police, the suspect was located around p. Detectives obtained a search warrant for both the suspect and his vehicle and allegedly located narcotics and other items indicative of narcotic sales such as small plastic baggies containing a "distinctive black peace sign logo believed to be linked to the overdose deaths of the two teenagers," police said.
Investigators believe the suspect sold the narcotics that caused the death of the teenagers and are investigating the suspect's possible connection to other overdoses in Santa Rosa, the department said. The suspect was booked into Sonoma County Jail on suspicion of two counts of second-degree homicide and furnishing narcotics to a minor and a minor four or more years younger. He is being held without bail. The year-old and year-old female overdose victims remain hospitalized, police said.
Police noted that on Sunday evening, Santa Rosa City Schools released a message referencing the death of four students.
