A 15-year-old student has been charged with homicide in connection to a drug overdose. Authorities announced on Thursday that two teenagers had been arrested in relation to the overdose death of a Bernstein High School student. They are also charged with the overdoses of several other students who lived.
During a news conference on Thursday morning, LAPD Chief Michel Moore announced that the first suspect, a 15-year-old male student at the Academic Performance Excellence Academy, which is on the same Hollywood property as Bernstein H.S., was arrested and faced several charges, including manslaughter.
Early Tuesday afternoon, while on school property, the 15-year-old sold pills claiming to be Percocet to Melanie Ramos, 15, and a friend. Unbeknownst to the unsuspecting teens, the drugs were laced with fentanyl.
“It’s common practice today in the illicit pill market to use fentanyl to spike or enhance a drug,” explained Moore. “Typically and frequently, these result in overdoses because of the overabundance of fentanyl and the powerful nature of it.”
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Ramos was no longer alive. “We have mixed emotions — angry, sad. We want answers,” said Gladys Manriques, a relative of Ramos. “Why was
