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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Larry Neumeister | Associated Press

4 men charged in overdose death of ‘The Wire’ actor Michael K. Williams

Actor Michael K. Williams poses for a portrait during the 2016 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, California. A New York City’s medical examiner ruled that the 54-year-old Williams died of acute drug intoxication last September. | Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

Four men face charges that they were members of the drug distribution crew that supplied a deadly mix of drugs to Michael K. Williams, the renowned actor from “The Wire” who overdosed just hours after buying fentanyl-laced heroin in a sidewalk deal recorded on surveillance video.

All four were arrested Tuesday and are accused of distributing fentanyl-laced heroin of the kind that caused the death of Williams, who gained fame playing Omar Little on the HBO series that portrayed drug crews like the one authorities say the four defendants belong to.

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