Mac Miller Fatal Overdose: Man Charged In Rap Superstar's Death

PITTSBURGH, PA - A California man was arrested Wednesday and charged with selling counterfeit pharmaceutical narcotics containing the powerful drug fentanyl to Mac Miller just before the hip-hop superstar and Pittsburgh native died of an overdose last year.

Cameron James Pettit, 28, of Hollywood Hills was charged with distribution of a controlled substance, according to U.S. Attorney Nick Hanna of the Central District of California.

According to court documents, Pettit and others distributed drugs to Miller, 26, approximately two days before his fatal overdoes on Sept. 7, 2018. The Los Angeles County Examiner-Coroner later determined that McCormick died of mixed drug toxicity involving fentanyl, cocaine and alcohol.

Pettit allegedly agreed to supply Miller with 30 milligram oxycodone pills, as well as cocaine and the sedative Xanax. But, instead of providing Miller with genuine oxycodone, Pettit is accused of selling him counterfeit oxycodone containing fentanyl – a synthetic opioid that is 50 times more potent than heroin.

According to court documents, within hours of Miller's death Pettit sent a message to a friend saying, “Most likely I will die in jail."

Investigators believe that Miller died after snorting the fentanyl, according to the affidavit. While another individual allegedly supplied Miler with other drugs prior to his death, according to the affidavit those narcotics drugs did not contain fentanyl.

"Fentanyl disguised as a genuine pharmaceutical is a killer which is being proven every day in America,” Hanna said in a statement. “Drugs laced with cheap and potent fentanyl are increasingly common common, and we owe it to the victims and their families to aggressively target the drug dealers that cause these overdose deaths.”

If convicted, Pettit would face as much as 20 years in prison.