Perris man arrested after deadly fentanyl overdose in Murrieta

A 19-year-old Perris man was behind bars for allegedly promoting medication to a 22-year-old man who died on account of a fentanyl overdose in Murrieta.

Miguel Angel Gonzalez was arrested Thursday after detectives from the Murrieta Police Department’s Special Enforcement Team and General Investigations Detective Bureau served a search warrant at his Perris residence, police mentioned.

Gonzalez was booked into the Cois Byrd Detention Center on suspicion of murder on a bail quantity of $1 million.

The id of the 22-year-old sufferer was not instantly launched. Murrieta police mentioned officers responded to the 35000 block of Mitchell Road on Feb. 20 at round 9:15 p.m. to a report of a attainable drug overdose.

Murrieta Fire and Rescue, together with law enforcement officials, started life-saving measures, however the sufferer was pronounced dead on the scene.

The investigation was ongoing. Anyone with further data was inspired to contact Detective John Ferrulli at 951-461-6827.