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Three people dead in apparent drug overdose at Bellevue apartment

Jul 22, 2023, 3:32 PM

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(Photo courtesy of KIRO 7)

(Photo courtesy of KIRO 7)

Three people are dead after an apparent drug overdose in a Bellevue apartment, according to the Bellevue Police Department.

On Friday afternoon, officers responded to a welfare check at an apartment complex in the 11100 block of Northeast 11th Street.



When officers entered the home, they found the bodies of three people – two women and one man.

Although a cause of death hasn’t been released, Major Mark Tarantino mentioned fentanyl in a statement.

More on drug overdoses: Two Bellevue teens in hospital after overdosing on fentanyl

The investigation is ongoing.

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