4 dead in South Lake Tahoe home, drug use suspected as factor

SO FAR. MICHELLE. WELL, GULSTAN SOMEONE FROM INSIDE THE HOME CALLED 911 JUST AFTER 9:00 THIS MORNING TO SAY THAT SOMEONE ELSE INSIDE THE HOME NEEDED HELP AND WASN’T RESPONSIVE. AND THEN WHEN PARAMEDICS ARRIVED HERE AT THE HOME, THEY FOUND THAT CALLER PERFORMING CPR ON A PERSON. THEN MEDICS STEPPED IN AND TRIED TO SAVE ALL FOUR PEOPLE, BUT THEY SAY TWO WERE ALREADY PASSED AWAY AND TWO OTHERS DECLARED DEAD SHORTLY AFTER. NOW, POLICE TELL US THAT THE FOUR PEOPLE WERE IN THEIR 30S TO 43 WERE MEN, AND ONE WAS A WOMAN. SOME NEW, NEW INFORMATION SINCE WE FIRST REPORTED LIVE AT 4:00 HERE IN SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, THE TWO PEOPLE ALIVE IN THE HOME ARE A MAN AND A WOMAN. ONE OF THEM LIVES IN THIS HOUSE IN THE 500 BLOCK OF ROGER AVENUE. THIS IS NOT A VACATION HOME. NOW, POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING WHAT WENT WRONG HERE. THEY DON’T SUSPECT ANY VIOLENCE. AND THE POLICE CHIEF TELLS ME THAT THE DEATHS ARE BEING INVESTIGATED AS POSSIBLE. DRUG OVERDOSES. DID IT LOOK LIKE IT HAD BEEN LIKE A PARTY GOING ALL NIGHT INSIDE THE HOUSE? OR WAS THE HOUSE IN DISARRAY OR NOT? OUT OF THE NOTHING UNUSUAL? NOTHING UNUSUAL. SO IT’S. I HAVEN’T BEEN TOLD IF IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS A PARTY OR NOT, BUT IT CERTAINLY WASN’T. DIDN’T NOT APPEAR THAT THERE HAD BEEN A FIGHT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT AT. AND WHY DO YOU SUSPECT IT COULD BE DRUG OVERDOSES? WE THAT’S WHAT OUR INITIAL INFORMATION AND INVESTIGATION TELLS US. WE HAVEN’T CONFIRMED THAT YET, BUT IT’S LIKELY THAT DRUGS WERE INVOLVED. YEAH. AND SPEAKING WITH THE POLICE CHIEF, THERE REALLY JUST ARE A LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW. AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS INVESTIGATION OF WHY THOSE FOUR PEOPLE DIED, HE SAYS THEY’RE INVESTIGATING WHAT KIND OF DRUGS MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED HERE, WHETHER IT WAS ACCIDENTAL OR WAS IT INTENTIONAL, HE SAYS. THERE’S JUST A LOT OF QUESTIONS HERE. AND OF COURSE THEY WILL GET CONFIRMATION ON SOME OF THAT WHEN THE TOXICOLOGY REPORTS ARE PERFORMED DURING AUTOPSIES HERE. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS EARLY IN THE INVESTIGATION. WITH THE FOUR PEOPLE DYING HERE IN SOUTH LAKE TAHOE. UM, EARLY THIS MORNING OR JUST AFTER 9:00 THIS MORNING. UM, THEY ARE GETTING HELP FROM THE EL DORADO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, AND THEY ARE HELPING, UM, THE THE FAMILIES. AND FORMING THE FAMILIES. AND THEN THEY’LL HAVE THE IDENTITIES OF THAT THEY CAN RELEASE OF THE FOUR PEOPLE WHO DID PASS AWAY HERE TODAY. BUT AGAIN, THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUING AND AND THEY ARE SEEKING HELP FROM THE PUBLIC. YOU KNOW, IF ANYONE IN THE AREA KNOWS WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED HERE OR POSSIBLE DRUG USE IN THE AREA, POLICE DO NEED HELP IN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, WHY THESE FOUR PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES HERE TODAY, AND THE TWO PEOPLE THAT. IT SURVIVED OR THAT WERE THEY FOUND ALIVE IN THE HOME ARE TOTALLY COOPERATE WITH POLICE AND HELPING THEM IN THE INVESTIGATIO

4 dead in South Lake Tahoe home, drug use suspected as factor

Updated: 6:59 PM PST Feb 12, 2024

Four people died at a home in South Lake Tahoe on Monday and drugs are suspected as a factor, city officials said. Police and paramedics responded to the residence in the 500 block of Roger Avenue for a report of an unresponsive person, a South Lake Tahoe city spokesperson said. Paramedics told responding officers that two people were dead and they performed CPR on two other people. Despite the lifesaving measures, three men and one woman, ages of 30-40, were all pronounced dead at the scene.Their identities are being withheld until their next of kin are notified. “It’s obviously a horrific scene,” said South Lake Tahoe Police chief David Stevenson, “Our hearts go out to the families. Four families lives changed forever.”City officials said that substance abuse is suspected but not confirmed. Two other people were in the home and are cooperating with authorities, the city said. South Lake Tahoe police are investigating along with the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office and District Attorney’s Office. Residents are being asked to stay out of the area during the investigation. Anyone with information to share is encouraged to email cybertips@cityofslt.us.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app.

Four people died at a home in South Lake Tahoe on Monday and drugs are suspected as a factor, city officials said.

Police and paramedics responded to the residence in the 500 block of Roger Avenue for a report of an unresponsive person, a South Lake Tahoe city spokesperson said.

Paramedics told responding officers that two people were dead and they performed CPR on two other people. Despite the lifesaving measures, three men and one woman, ages of 30-40, were all pronounced dead at the scene.

Their identities are being withheld until their next of kin are notified.

“It’s obviously a horrific scene,” said South Lake Tahoe Police chief David Stevenson, “Our hearts go out to the families. Four families lives changed forever.”

City officials said that substance abuse is suspected but not confirmed.

Two other people were in the home and are cooperating with authorities, the city said.

South Lake Tahoe police are investigating along with the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office and District Attorney’s Office.

Residents are being asked to stay out of the area during the investigation. Anyone with information to share is encouraged to email cybertips@cityofslt.us.

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