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Drug Overdose Victim Revived On Oak Park Drive: Report

When authorities responded to a home on S. Oak Park Drive, they found a man who was not breathing and reportedly lost his pulse.

OAK CREEK, WI — Police in Oak Creek responded to an apartment complex on the 8800 block of S. Oak Park Drive just after 2 a.m. on May 28 on a report of a person who had lost their pulse and who was not breathing.

According to reports, police responded, and first responders quickly treated the man and had him transported to the Wheaton Franklin hospital.

The person was later cited for possession of drug paraphernalia, which was eventually mailed back to his residence after officers found two used syringes in a garbage can.

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Reports stated that when police tested the syringes using a Nark II testing kit, the syringes tested positive for heroin.

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