BREAKINGNEWS: LAPD says it has arrested two subjects, a 15-year-old male and 16-year-old male, it identified as the sellers who gave two teenage girls fentanyl-laced pills that resulted in the death of a teenage girl at Bernstein High School.
Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michael Moore announced the arrests during a press conference Thursday afternoon. Moore was joined by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and LAUSD Super Intendent Alberto M. Carvalho.
The identification of the suspects have not been released at this moment other than the fact that one is 15-years-old and the other is 16-years-old. One of the suspects was arrested while on his way to Bernstein High, according to the LAPD. Both of the suspects were not students at Bernstein High and instead attended two independent Charter schools.The 15-year-old girl, who died Wednesday evening after taking the Percocet, was identified as Melanie Ramos, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner.
Ramos was found unresponsive Wednesday evening by her stepfather and authorities inside a girls bathroom at Bernstein High School in Hollywood. LAPD said that the suspects sold the fentanyl-laced Percocet to the victims at Lexington Park, which is less than a mile away from campus. Another victim, who did not overdose, denied treatment from first responders while the other two were revived by a drug called Narcan, a popular drug used during opioid overdoses.Mayor Garcetti took to Twitter following the press conference, where he offered a solemn warning.
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