Five people are suspected to have overdosed on narcotics at Buckshot, a bar on Sixth Street, early Tuesday morning. One of them, identified by the Austin Police Department as 33-year-old Christopher Lee Davis, is confirmed dead.
APD said police officers administered Narcan, an overdose reversal drug, to all five people before Austin-Travis County EMS arrived. Four people were taken to a hospital, where Davis was pronounced dead. Police said one person declined to be taken to the hospital.
APD did not confirm if the victims were employees of the bar, or if they suspect fentanyl was involved. A forthcoming toxicology report is expected to indicate what caused the overdoses, APD said…