LOS ANGELES — Three men were found dead in a downtown Los Angeles apartment early Thursday after ingesting fentanyl, the latest instance in what officials say is a nationwide epidemic of overdoses and deaths related to the powerful synthetic opioId.
Los Angeles police went to the apartment in the 600 block of South Spring Street after one of the men’s relatives requested a welfare check, said Los Angeles Police Department Officer Melissa Podany.
Officers found the men’s bodies in the apartment, she said. Firefighters and paramedics were prevented from entering the unit after officers spotted white powder near the bodies and called the Hazardous Materials Squad.
