176 people have died from opioid overdose this year in Seattle, and officials said many of the deaths were from fentanyl. FOX13
One person accused of dealing the deadly drug was charged Monday. Investigators said it's one of dozens of drug busts they’ve made in their concentrated effort to secure Third and Pike inOfficials said the intersection is where predators know they can prey on people who are struggling with addiction.say Christopher Davis was arrested in September with blue fentanyl pills inside a CPR pouch he was carrying.
"Just through August, King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office have filed 35 cases of drug dealing just around Third and Pike. And that’s in addition to the other cases at 12th and Jackson and other parts of King County," said spokesperson Casey McNerthney. "When we get cases and can prove drug dealers are preying on people, and in many cases giving them drugs that can kill them or do kill them, King County prosecutors are going to keep making those cases a priority and charging them immediately," said McNerthney.
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