{"id":2237632,"date":"2024-05-05T12:45:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T16:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/horror-for-county-ems-as-wave-of-calls-floods-in-2-arrested-after-deadly-mass-overdose-strike-area\/"},"modified":"2024-05-05T12:47:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T16:47:42","slug":"horror-for-county-ems-as-wave-of-calls-floods-in-2-arrested-after-deadly-mass-overdose-strike-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/horror-for-county-ems-as-wave-of-calls-floods-in-2-arrested-after-deadly-mass-overdose-strike-area\/","title":{"rendered":"County EMS faces horror as a surge of calls overwhelms them &#8211; 2 arrested after deadly mass overdose incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhorror-for-county-ems-as-wave-of-calls-floods-in-2-arrested-after-deadly-mass-overdose-strike-area%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2237632&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The United States faces a\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-jordan-demands-dhs-sec-mayorkas-provide-answers-on-border-failures\/\" title=\"Jim Jordan Demands DHS Sec. Mayorkas Provide Answers on Border Failures\">drug abuse epidemic<\/a> as \u200cAustin, Texas, witnesses a tragic mass overdose incident with multiple fatalities. Emergency services respond to an alarming surge in overdose cases, distributing life-saving Narcan. Authorities arrest suspects linked to distributing tainted \u200ddrugs, highlighting the gravity of the situation. The \u200bU.S. grapples with a drug abuse crisis as Austin, Texas, experiences a\u200d devastating mass overdose event, resulting in multiple \u200cdeaths. First responders act swiftly \u2063to\u200d address the spike in overdoses, providing critical Narcan intervention. Arrests of suspects involved in distributing dangerous drugs underscore\u200b the severity of\u200b the issue.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>  <\/p>\n<h2>Horror for County EMS as Wave of Calls Floods In &#8211; 2 Arrested After Deadly Mass Overdose Strike Area<\/h2>\n<p> <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/igcolonel\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/igcolonel\/%20\"><span>Warner Todd Huston<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 5, 2024 at 9:00am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>With so many other bad things going on in the news, it is sometimes easy to forget that the United States is in the throes of a drug abuse epidemic, but the citizens of Austin, Texas, were jolted back to that realization last week when a mass overdose incident left multiple people dead.<\/p>\n<p>Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services officials reported that an incredible 71 overdose cases were reported last week, 37 on Monday, 27 on Tuesday another seven on Wednesday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kxan.com\/news\/overdose-surge-2-detained-after-70-overdoses-multiple-deaths-in-austin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KXAN-TV<\/a> in Austin.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said at least eight of those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-overdose-reversing-drug-administered-puppy-possible-fentanyl-exposure-california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">overdoes<\/a> cases were \u201copiate-related.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is apparent there is a deadly batch of illicit narcotics in our community,\u201d Austin Assistant Police Chief Eric Fitzgerald said during a news conference on Tuesday, according to KXAN.<\/p>\n<p>When the calls began flooding in, medics, police officers and the non-profit group Texas Harm Reduction Alliance responded.<\/p>\n<p>EMTs reported handing out more than 400 doses of Narcan to help addicts combat their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/official-release-calls-nyc-residents-carry-emergency-medication-dying-drug-users\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">overdoses<\/a>, KXAN reported.<\/p>\n<p>Lily Hughes with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harmreductiontx.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas Harm Reduction Alliance<\/a> noted that the tainted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/state-officials-admit-drug-decriminalization-massive-failure-overdoses-increasing-drastic-rates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drugs<\/a> causing the overdoses was widely spread and forced her group to take extra measures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe sourced more Narcan from other people in the community and made sure to have enough and then we went out and we made a point to talk to every single person we encountered about the risk of overdose, what\u2019s happening in the supply for people who maybe previously did not want to use Narcan,\u201d she said, according to KXAN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe took extra time to do training and talk them through, and made sure every single person we talked to knew what was going on,\u201d Hughes added.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Should all first responders carry Narcan or similar medicines?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At least eight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dem-run-la-hits-horrifying-fentanyl-overdose-death-record-1000-percent-spike-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died<\/a> from the drugs.<\/p>\n<p>The bad drugs seem to have first been distributed in Austin\u2019s downtown area, but the overdoses soon spread to other neighborhoods, according to KXAN.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate report, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kxan.com\/news\/local\/austin\/multiple-hand-to-hand-transactions-arrest-warrant-provides-more-details-in-austin-overdose-surge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KXAN<\/a> reported that two suspects were later arrested on suspicion of selling the tainted drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Austin police reported the arrest of 55-year-old Johnny Lee Wright, who was charged with a third-degree felony, possession of a firearm by a felon. The police said he has \u201cseveral previous felony convictions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Officials also said that they had surveillance video of Wright handing out the drugs in \u201cmultiple hand-to-hand transactions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The video reportedly shows a man that the police are calling a \u201cperson of interest\u201d handing something to Wright who then, in turn, hands the item to a customer. Austin police confirmed that the item Wright is supposedly handing out is \u201csuspected narcotics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a common practice in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/radical-san-francisco-da-prosecuted-just-3-drug-cases-in-2021-0-involving-fentanyl\/\" title=\"Radical San Francisco DA Prosecuted Just 3 Drug Cases in 2021, 0 Involving Fentanyl\">open-air drug markets<\/a>, as the dealer attempts to distance themselves from the narcotics transaction,\u201d the affidavit of Wright\u2019s arrest says, according to KXAN.<\/p>\n<p>Both Wright and the person of interest are \u201cknown by officers who regularly worked the downtown area as narcotics dealers,\u201d KXAN reported. The police also said that Wright and the other man on the surveillance video are likely the source of the drugs that caused the overdoses.<\/p>\n<p>The second man was not publicly identified by the police but he has been arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the lying leftist media and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we\u2019ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed truth to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-43\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/igcolonel\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-43\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-43\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-43\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-43\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Warner Todd Huston has been writing editorials and news since 2001 but started his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/byron-donalds-takes-shot-at-host-of-the-view-dares-panel-to-invite-him-on-as-a-guest\/\" title=\"Byron Donalds Takes Shot at Host of 'The View,' Dares Panel to Invite Him On as a Guest\">writing career penning articles<\/a> about U.S. history back in the early 1990s. Huston has appeared on Fox News, Fox Business Network, CNN and several local Chicago news programs to discuss the issues of the day. Additionally, he is a regular guest on radio programs from coast to coast. Huston has also been a Breitbart News contributor since 2009. Warner works out of the Chicago area, a place he calls a &#8220;target-rich environment&#8221; for political news. Follow him on Truth Social at @WarnerToddHuston.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Warner Todd Huston has been writing editorials and news since 2001 but started his writing career penning articles about U.S. history back in the early 1990s. Huston has appeared on Fox News, Fox Business Network, CNN and several local Chicago news programs to discuss the issues of the day. Additionally, he is a regular guest on radio programs from coast to coast. Huston has also been a Breitbart News contributor since 2009. Warner works out of the Chicago area, a place he calls a &#8220;target-rich environment&#8221; for political news. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>County EMS is in crisis as a deluge of calls hits them. 2 arrested post fatal mass overdose. 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