DENVER — A California man has been arrested on charges connected with distributing fentanyl that led to the death of a Denver student, Denver officials announced on Friday.
During a press conference Friday, the mother of Collin Walker remembered her son as kind. He loved dogs and excelled in sports and arts, Ginger Walker said.
“I want people to know that if fentanyl trafficking was able to touch my child, it’s able to touch yours,” she said. “It’s unbelievable. And I guarantee you, if you don’t know anybody right now that fentanyl has touched, you will in the next years to come.”
Her son, Collin, was 28 years old when he was found unresponsive by his roommate on Nov. 19. Denver police said they believe his death was fentanyl-related.
Suspect charged after fentanyl overdose death of Denver man
Based on the subsequent investigation, police and the Denver District Attorney’s Office said they believe that a suspect named Jamal Gamal sold fentanyl to Walker, resulting in his death, sometime between Nov. 9 and Nov. 19, 2023. When the medical examiner arrived at the scene, he found two unlabeled medicine bottles — one with 13 suspected blue fentanyl pills, the other bottle with 14 suspected white Xanax pills, according to an arrest affidavit . Investigators also found text messages between Walker and Gamal.