Oak Creek Fire Revives Overdose Victim With Narcan

OAK CREEK, WI — Oak Creek police responded to a home on the 6900 block of S. Howell Ave. on a report of a person who overdosed on narcotics.

According to police reports, at about 1:30 p.m. Sep. 23, an overdose victim was reported to be breathing but unconscious. The man's son arrived home at about 1 p.m. that day, and noticed his father seemed "out of it."

Reports indicated that the father began to look gray and then went unconscious. The son called 911 and the Oak Creek fire department revived him with several doses of Narcan.

Reports stated that the man took five oxyconton pills before coming home, but did not say where he purchased them or if he took anything else. The emergency room staff stated they would contact police after the man was medically cleared. The man also had a warrant with the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office for battery.

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