COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The shocking fentanyl overdose deaths of five young people in a Commerce City apartment last weekend marked an ugly milestone for Colorado: It was the country’s largest single fentanyl overdose event the Drug Enforcement Administration believes it has seen in one place at one time.
“This event shook the conscience of all of us,” said Dave Olesky, acting special agent in charge for the Denver division of the DEA.
Three women and two men were found dead at the North Range Crossings Apartments at 14480 East 104th Ave. during a welfare check by a relative at around 3:45 p.m. Sunday. A sixth woman who was taken to the hospital is expected to survive and a 4-month old infant was discovered alive in a back room.
