Prosecutor: Fentanyl likely killed 5 in Colorado apartment

By COLLEEN SLEVIN
Associated Press

DENVER (AP) — A district attorney says preliminary evidence suggests that five people found dead in an apartment in suburban Denver on Sunday overdosed on fentanyl while taking what they believed to be cocaine. District Attorney Brian Mason said Monday that drug tests done at the apartment in Commerce City found an “overwhelming amount” of fentanyl and cocaine. The victims range in age from 24 to 32. Autopsies and drug testing of each victim still need to be done to confirm how they died. Police say detectives were working to determine where the drugs were obtained.